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PROPERTY FROM A HONG KONG FAMILY COLLECTION
A PALE CELADON JADE ‘BOY’ WASHER
QING DYNASTY

the oval body rising from a recessed base, carved with three
boys clutching on the exterior, wood base
13 cm, 5⅛ in.
HK$ 20,000-30,000
US$ 2,550-3,850

清 青白玉童子筆洗
Related ‘boys’ washer, include two examples from the Qianlong
reign preserved in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in
617 The Complete Collection of Treasures in the Palace Museum,
Jadeware (III), Hong Kong, 1996, pls 163 and 164. See also a
brushwasher preserved in the Musée National du Chateau de
Fontainebleau, inventory number F1499C, illustrated Le Musée
Chinois de L’Impératrice Eugénie, Paris, 2001, fig. 37, p. 50.

618

A GREY-JADE ‘BOY AND ELEPHANT’ GROUP
MING DYNASTY
the elephant standing foursquare with its head turned towards
its left, a boy sitting astride it while holding a treasure vase
(bao ping), the stone of a greyish-white colour mottled with icy
inclusions
7.8 cm, 3 in.
PROVENANCE
The Rothschild Family Collection.
EXHIBITED
85th Anniversary Exhibition of Chinese Jades from Tang to
Qing, Marchant, London, 2010, p. 110, no. 82
HK$ 60,000-80,000
US$ 7,700-10,200

明 白玉童子太平有象 618
Two Views
來源： 兩面
Rothschild 家族收藏
展覽：
《85th Anniversary Exhibition of Chinese Jades from
Tang to Qing》，Marchant，倫敦，2010年，頁110，編
號82
A closely related jade representation of two boys washing an
elephant in the collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing is
illustrated by Yang Boda, The Collection of Chinese Jades from
the Palace Museum, Beijing, vol. 9, 1986, pp. 181-182, no. 309,
and illustrated on the cover.

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