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Japanese Antique Wood-Carved Water Buffalo/ Wooden Figurine/ Wabi-Sabi Primitive
Located in Iwate-gun Shizukuishi-cho, Iwate Prefecture
This is a wooden carved buffalo that has weathered naturally over the years. It was used in a
Category

Early 20th Century Japanese Primitive Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Wood, Hardwood

Silvered Bronze Buffalo Sculpture
Located in New York, NY
Stunning and dramatic silvered bronze water buffalo with beautiful etched detailing. Impressive to
Category

Vintage 1960s Unknown Animal Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Chinese Export Blue White Porcelain Shaped Dish with Buffalo and Deer
Located in Downingtown, PA
a lovely scene with a water buffalo and its calf grazing with a deer on the other side of a zig-zag
Category

Antique 1770s Chinese Chinese Export Platters and Serveware

Materials

Porcelain

KARL SPRINGER TABLE LAMP
Located in New York, NY
Table lamp mounted on stepped plexiglas base with central rod piercing a water buffalo horn.
Category

20th Century American Table Lamps

Materials

Horn, Plexiglass

Anglo-Indian Carved Wood Petit Stand
Located in Palm Beach, FL
water buffaloes supporting a carved round molding.
Category

20th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Garniture

Materials

Hardwood

Fine Continental Bronze Animalier Group
Located in NYC, NY
A Bronze continental animalier group of a water buffalo attacked by a lion and lioness, mounted on
Category

Antique 19th Century American American Craftsman Animal Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

PAIR Of Unfinished Wooden Chairs
Located in Tarrytown, NY
We call them Water Buffalo chairs because of their extreme lines. These 2 chairs are from the 1950s
Category

Vintage 1950s Chairs

Authentic African Horned Skull Mounted on Base
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Water buffalo or musk ox mounted on modern brass base. Some teeth still intact. From the estate
Category

20th Century African Taxidermy

Materials

Metal

Early 20th Century Pair of Chinese Blanc de Chine Porcelain Sculptures
Located in Astoria, NY
-playing boys on water buffaloes. Good condition with age appropriate wear.
Category

20th Century Chinese Sculptures

Materials

Porcelain

Maitland Smith Figurines
By Maitland Smith
Located in San Diego, CA
Pair of Chinese blanc de chine porcelain figurines of a man and woman on a water buffalo designed
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20th Century Chinese Hollywood Regency Sculptures

Horn Bowl
Located in Chicago, IL
A beautiful bowl made from water buffalo horn, with a smooth and glowing translucent finish
Category

20th Century Unknown Decorative Bowls

Materials

Horn

Horn Bowl
Located in Chicago, IL
A beautiful bowl made from water buffalo horn, with a smooth and glowing translucent finish
Category

20th Century Unknown Decorative Bowls

Materials

Horn

Anglo Indian Chair and Ottoman
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Well-made chair and ottoman with nail-head trim and upholstered in water buffalo hide. Very good
Category

20th Century Anglo-Indian Lounge Chairs

Materials

Hide, Wood

Modern George Nelson for Herman Miller Chrome and Leather Sling Chair IBM
By George Nelson
Located in Houston, TX
Unique George Nelson for Herman Miller chair made of chrome and custom made cushions in water
Category

Vintage 1960s American Modern Lounge Chairs

Materials

Chrome

Modern George Nelson for Herman Miller IBM Chrome and Leather Sling Sofa
By George Nelson, Herman Miller
Located in Houston, TX
water buffalo leather. There are optional triangular arm pillows available, as seen in the last photo
Category

Vintage 1960s American Modern Sofas

Materials

Chrome

NEIL BARRETT Size S Brown Military Camo Lining Distressed Leather Vest
By Neil Barrett
Located in San Francisco, CA
NEIL BARRETT vest comes in a brown distressed water buffalo leather featuring a slim fit, military
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Coats and Outerwear

VISVIM Size L Black Linen Blend Zip Fly Alda Pants
By VISVIM
Located in San Francisco, CA
, original water buffalo horn buttons, two side pockets, back strap, and a button fly closure. Made in Japan
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pants

VISVIM Size L Olive Linen Blend Zip Fly Alda Pants
By VISVIM
Located in San Francisco, CA
, original water buffalo horn buttons, two side pockets, back strap, and a button fly closure. Made in Japan
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pants

Rustic Mid-Century Horn Back Cowhide Accent Chair
Located in Brooklyn, NY
from lacquered walnut. The horns that make up the backrest are water buffalo and the chair is
Category

Mid-20th Century American Rustic Side Chairs

Materials

Cowhide, Walnut

Chinese Carved Rootwood 19th C. Sculpture
Located in Worcester, GB
carved rootwood 19th c. Sculpture Late 19th century Chinese sculpture Carved rootwood water buffalo
Category

Antique 19th Century Chinese Animal Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Netsuke in boxwood in the form of a group of toads stack on one another
Located in PARIS, FR
water buffalo horn. Signed. The frog (kaeru) is associated with luck and wealth. In feudal Japan, tax
Category

Antique Early 19th Century Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Wood

19th Century Louis XVI style Dining Chairs
Located in Ballard, CA
to the paint colors used and the water buffalo leather used for the upholstery, upholstered by our
Category

Antique Early 19th Century French Louis XVI Chairs

Materials

Silk, Fruitwood, Paint

Pair of Bronze Lion Sculptures in the Benin Style, 1960s
Located in London, GB
! We are selling these as a pair. We also have a bronze water buffalo, complete with friendly ox-pecker
Category

Vintage 1960s Beninese Folk Art Animal Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

19th Century Burmese Solid Silver Handcrafted Bowl, circa 1880
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
, transporting goods with two water buffalo, carrying water and planting crops. Surrounding the scenes and the
Category

Antique 19th Century Burmese Decorative Bowls

Materials

Silver

19th Century Burmese Solid Silver Handcrafted Bowl, circa 1880
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
sawing and carrying wood, ploughing the ground with two water buffalo, carrying water and planting crops
Category

Antique 19th Century Burmese Decorative Bowls

Materials

Silver

Earthenware Kendi with Raised Design. Lampung Sumatra. Early to Mid-20th Century
Located in Point Richmond, CA
which reflects the curved roof profiles of Sumatran houses and the great importance of the water buffalo
Category

Vintage 1920s Indonesian Tribal Ceramics

Materials

Earthenware

Burmese Chin State Tribal Territory Markers
Located in New York, NY
represent possessions such as a gun, water buffalo, or animals that occupy the specific territory of the
Category

Antique 19th Century Burmese Folk Art Sculptures

Antique Chinese Export Solid Silver Cased Novelty Condiment Set, circa 1890
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
, featuring a pepper modelled as a water buffalo, a farm house shaped mustard pot with spoon, troth salt with
Category

Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Tableware

Materials

Silver

19th Century Japanese Lacquer Playing Card Box
Located in valatie, NY
papier-mâché box with lacquer interior is decorated on top with a young boy tending his water buffalo in
Category

Antique 19th Century Japanese Boxes

Burmese Chin State Tribal Territory Markers
Located in New York, NY
represent possessions such as a gun, water buffalo, or animals that occupy the specific territory that the
Category

Antique 19th Century Burmese Mounted Objects

Materials

Wood

Chinese Double Gourd Longevity Cricket Cage
Located in Chicago, IL
a young boy atop a water buffalo. The dried gourd body is molded to a double gourd shape, a symbol
Category

Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Historical Memorabilia

Materials

Other

White Buffalo Stool with Buffalo Fur
Located in Paris, FR
Stool white buffalo with seat in buffalo water fur and base in solid wood. Handle in metal chrome
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Stools

Materials

Fur, Wood

A Rare Pair of Dublin George III Dish covers by John Lloyd 1760
Located in Long Island City, NY
buffalo – herdboys and water buffalo appear frequently in Chinese art. This motif represents childhood
Category

Antique 18th Century and Earlier Irish Soup Tureens

Materials

Sterling Silver

Buffalo Stool
Located in Paris, FR
Stool buffalo with structure in solid wood, upholstered and covered with buffalo water skin. With
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Stools

Materials

Metal

Buffalo Stool
Buffalo Stool
$1,246 / item
Chinese Zodiac Ox Head
Located in New York, NY
bovine family, such as common cattle or water buffalo. The zodiacal ox may be construed as male, female
Category

20th Century Asian Animal Sculptures

Materials

Metal

Indonesian Shadow Puppet Wayang Purwa
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This flat shadow puppet was created by an unknown Indonesian artist using water buffalo hide. This
Category

19th Century Folk Art Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Animal Skin, Leather

Eastern barrel-shaped container. Porcelain, metal. China 19th century.
Located in Madrid, ES
identified, and that next to those courtiers in the pavilion a male character appears on a water buffalo (a
Category

Antique 19th Century Chinese Other Vases

Materials

Metal, Other

Rare Ernest Hemingway Trophy Home Bar Two Brown Leather Revolving Bar Stools
By Ernest Hemingway
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
fossil stone top and worksurface which is surmounted by five cast animal heads of a Water Buffalo, Rhino
Category

20th Century English Victorian Tables

Materials

Leather, Wood

Ancient Javanese Labyrinth Ring
Located in London, GB
in a distinctive stirrup shape, echo the form of water buffalo horns—a traditional element in
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Engagement Rings

Materials

22k Gold

Rare Ernest Hemingway Trophy Home Bar Four Brown Leather Revolving Bar Stools
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
fossil stone top and worksurface which is surmounted by five cast animal heads of a Water Buffalo, Rhino
Category

20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Buffets

Materials

Leather, Wood

Ancient Javanese Gold Ring with Ruby Cabochon Java Indonesian Antique Solitaire
Located in London, GB
protuberant, stirrup-shaped shoulders of the ring are designed to mimic the shape of water buffalo horns, a
Category

Antique 15th Century and Earlier Javanese Signet Rings

Materials

Ruby, Gold

Sino Tibetan Bronze Figure of Yamantaka Vajrabhairav with Consort
Located in Dallas, TX
legs, six faces and six arms holding various weapons while sitting or standing on a water buffalo
Category

Antique Early 1900s Tibetan Chinese Export Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Horns and Zebra Armchair with Kudu and Buffalo Horns
Located in Paris, FR
. Armrests and top of the back with four real Buffalo water horns and two front feet with two real Kudu
Category

21st Century and Contemporary French Armchairs

Materials

Bronze

Cow #2 (abstract modernist cubist Asian Singaporean landscape painting)
By Tay Bak Koi
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
depicts a water buffalo gazing at his own reflection in a pool. Unframed. Price on request Biography
Category

1960s Cubist Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Porter
By Kollabs
Located in Tulsa, OK
water buffalo, mixed media on panel piece that measures 84 x 72 and is priced at $16,800. Kollabs is a
Category

2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Panel

Grand Zebra Two-Seat Sofa with Zebra Skin and Real Horns
Located in Paris, FR
buffalo skin. Backrest covered with Burchell Zebra skin. Armrests and feet with kudu, zebu and Buffalo
Category

21st Century and Contemporary French Sofas

Materials

Bronze

Pure Lamb Prince High Armchair with Real Horns
Located in Paris, FR
with real Buffalo Water horns. Details and nails in solid bronze. Exceptional piece made in France in
Category

21st Century and Contemporary French Armchairs

Materials

Bronze

Armchair Throne Crocodile Master
Located in Paris, FR
Mississipi Alligator skin, tinted in brown finish with two real Kudu horns, two real Buffalo water horns
Category

21st Century and Contemporary French Armchairs

Materials

Bronze

Red Alligator Armchair
Located in Paris, FR
tinted. Backrest with red genuine leather. With natural real kudu horns, buffalo water horns and with
Category

21st Century and Contemporary French Armchairs

Materials

Bronze

Large Antler of Water-Buffalo
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Large Antler of Water-Buffalo
Category

Early 20th Century South African Animal Sculptures

Pair of Mounted Water Buffalo Horns
Located in Winnetka, IL
Pair of water buffalo horns expertly mounted on black acrylic pedestals.
Category

Mid-20th Century African Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Horn

Hand Carved Wooden Water Buffalo Sculpture
Located in San Diego, CA
A very cool hand carved wooden water buffalo sculpture, circa 1970s. The piece is in very good
Category

Mid-20th Century North American Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Andrianna Shamaris Antique Water Buffalo Sculpture
By Andrianna Shamaris
Located in New York, NY
Antique water buffalo set on a primitive wooden stand. A set of five from Sumatra. Originally
Category

Antique Early 1900s Primitive Animal Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Reclaimed Wood

Water Buffalo Skull with Horns Wall Mount
Located in Miami, FL
Offered for sale is a water buffalo skull with horns mounted on a wooden plaque. The mount has rich
Category

Mid-20th Century Taxidermy

Materials

Bone, Horn, Wood

Hand Crafted Water Buffalo Head Wall Mount Sculpture from Kerala, Southern India
Located in Atlanta, GA
A hand carved and crafted water buffalo head wall mount sculpture from Kerala, Southern India
Category

20th Century Indian Wall-mounted Sculptures

Materials

Resin, Horn, Wood, Paint, Paper

12 Signed Figural French Sterling Silver Water Buffalo Knife Rests
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine set of French silver knife rests. In the form of conjoined water buffalos with necks
Category

20th Century French Belle Époque Dinnerware and Flatware Sets

Materials

Sterling Silver

Jak Katarikawe East African Artist Water Buffalo Painting
By Jak Moses Katarikawe
Located in Phoenix, AZ
: Water Buffalo. In excellent condition, framed. The painting measures: 25" H x 36" W. Frame measures: 27
Category

Late 20th Century Ugandan Paintings

Materials

Paint

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Water Buffalo For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal water buffalo for your home. Frequently made of wood, metal and bone, every water buffalo was constructed with great care. If you’re shopping for a water buffalo, we have 224 options in-stock, while there are 26 modern editions to choose from as well. Your living room may not be complete without a water buffalo — find older editions for sale from the 18th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 21st Century. Each water buffalo bearing mid-century modern, folk art or modern hallmarks is very popular. You’ll likely find more than one water buffalo that is appealing in its simplicity, but Jordi Ribaudí, Elena Laveron and George Nelson produced versions that are worth a look.

How Much is a Water Buffalo?

A water buffalo can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $2,916, while the lowest priced sells for $0 and the highest can go for as much as $275,000.