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A WHITE JADE ‘BOY AND DRUM’ GROUP Provenance: Christie’s Paris, 11 June 2014, lot 150
Song/Yuan Dynasty Durwin Tang Collection
Finely carved as a recumbent boy, lying in a relaxed posture wearing
a short tunic, his head raised and his face rendered with a cheerful 來源：巴黎佳士得，2014年6月11日，拍品編號150
expression, holding between his outstretched arms a drum, the stone 鄧德雍收藏
of even greenish-white tone with russet inclusions cleverly utilised to
accentuate the forehead, box. Early figures in jade with such design are very rare. Compare a later
6cm (2 3/8) wide (2). example, with a boy leaning against a drum, Ming dynasty, illustrated
in Exquisite Jade Carving, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong,
£8,000 - 12,000 1996, no.21, which was later sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 8 October
CNY70,000 - 110,000 2008, lot 2303.
宋/元 白玉雕童子抱鼓

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