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AN 18 CENTURY JADE ‘BOY AND LOTUS’ CARVING
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Pale celadon jade of even color and translucent quality, natural veins
mainly to backside, smooth surface polish
China, 18 century
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This well-rounded jade carving has been used as a paperweight or could
be worn as a pendant. It features the auspicious “boy and lotus” motif,
symbolizing the wish for a male offspring. The smiling boy is portrayed
in a recumbent posture, inside a large lotus leaf, and holding onto the
curved stem of the lotus blossom we see on the underside. A vivid
miniature sculpture with fine details.
Shape: Figural rounded shape with reticulation
Dimensions: 6 cm (height), 4,6 cm (length), 2,7 cm (width)
Condition: Excellent condition with fine hand patina
Provenance: Old Austrian Private collection, assembled in the 1930s to
early 1950s

Literature comparison: Sotheby’s, PLAYTHINGS FROM THE COLLECTION
OF EDWARD T. CHOW, CHINESE CERAMICS AND WORKS OF ART, 27
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MAY 2014, HONG KONG lot 82 (for another 18 century white and russet
jade carving with the same subject).

⋩ℓᶾ䲨Ⱦ㊩咖䪍⫸ȿ䌱晽
⑩䚠列⤥炻⊭㻧䳘兑
⤏⛘⇑䥩Ṣ侩㓞啷炻ᶲᶾ䲨ᶱ⋩⸜ẋ军Ḽ⋩⸜ẋ攻岤ℍ
Various detail views of lot 36 Estimate EUR 1.000,-
Starting price EUR 500,-

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