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A CELADON JADE FIGURE OF A BOY
16TH / 17TH CENTURY
well carved in the round, the young figure in a dynamic posture, merrily skipping along, one foot sweeping aside a small dog scurrying from beneath
the robes, the garment swaying in ribbon-like folds in response to the S-curved movement of the body, the left arm bent at the elbow holding a
beribboned ring by the shoulder, the right arm lowered grasping a small bird in the hand, the boy with a cheerful expression on the face, the hair
bundled into two knots, a double-gourd canteen slung over the shoulder, the details all crisply carved and polished to a lustrous sheen, the stone an
icy white color with scattered pale brown patches, wood stand (2)

十六 / 十七世紀 青玉雕童子把件
Height 2⅞ in., 7.3 cm
$ 40,000-60,000

PROVENANCE 來源
Purchased in Hong Kong, 1964. 購於香港，1964年
LITERATURE 出版
Robert P. Youngman, The Youngman Collection: Chinese 羅伯特•楊門，《楊門藏玉：中國玉器·新石器時代至
Jades from Neolithic to Qing, Chicago, 2008, pl. 179. 清代》，芝加哥，2008年，圖版179

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