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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN 紳士藏品
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A VERY RARE WHITE AND SPINACH-GREEN JADE CARVING The exquisite carving of the present lot and unusual contrast of the
OF A BOY WITH PEACH ON A BOAT dark spinach-green jade boat and the luminous white jade figure
Qianlong of a boy, are exemplary of the finest and most skilful craftsmanship
The standing boy deftly carved from an even-toned white stone, with achieved in the jade ateliers during the Qianlong period. The master
a smiling expression, holding aloft a long leafy spray of lotus wrapping craftsman made clever use of contrasting the lustrous white jade boy
around his shoulder, standing next to two peaches carved in white and peaches accentuated against the rich spinach-green jade boat.
jade, all set on a spinach-green jade boat borne on leafy stalks tied at
one end bearing lotus blooms, wood stand and box. Compare a related white jade figure of a boy, 18th century, from the
17cm (6 3/4in) long (3). Victoria and Albert Museum, London, illustrated by M.Wilson, Chinese
Jades, London, 2004, p.80, pl.86. See also a related white jade figure
HK$1,000,000 - 1,500,000 of boy, 17th/18th century, similarly holding aloft a peony spray, which
US$130,000 - 190,000 sold at Bonhams London, 10 November 2011, lot 377.

清乾隆 碧玉嵌白玉雕蓮童乘槎擺件

Provenance:
An English private collection

來源：
英國私人收藏