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A note on buffalos and other bovines
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Yan Ciping |
I have noticed over many years a tendency of any bovines in a Chinese painting to simply be labelled oxen or cattle regardless of what kind of bovines they are. For examples this painting's description does not mention this is a WATER BUFFALO COW with her CALF.
In a couple of weeks its the year of the Cow / Ox / bovine in the East Asian and I'll be sharing images of bovines in East Asian art with you. AND I will try to remember to focus on actual oxen.
Yes Water buffalo are bovines of the GENUS BOS but they are a completely different species!
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