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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION
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A SMALL PALE GREENISH-WHITE JADE FIGURE OF A BOY
17TH-18TH CENTURY
The boy is standing with one foot behind the other and holding a
lotus leaf over his left shoulder. The fgure is drilled vertically through
the body.
1√ in. (4.7 cm.) high
$3,000-5,000
清十七/十八世紀 青白玉童子墜
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE AMERICAN COLLECTION
2435
A PALE CELADON AND RUSSET JADE CARVING OF YANZI
18TH CENTURY
The standing fgure is carved holding a milk bucket in one hand, and
a deer skin slung over his back. The stone is of an even pale tone with
dark russet inclusions to the reverse.
2 º in. (5.7 cm.) high
$4,000-6,000
PROVENANCE:
Acquired prior to 1939, and thence by descent within the family.
Yanzi, an exemplar of flial piety, is shown holding a milk bucket and
clothed in a deer skin, which he wore in order to conceal himself while he
mingled with the herd in order to obtain doe’s milk for the treatment of his
parents’ eye disease.
清十八世紀 青玉雕郯子像
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