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FOUR PALE GREEN JADE FIGURES OF PLAYING CHILDREN These four figures of boys probably belonged to a group of ‘hundred
Mid Qing Dynasty boys’, a theme that emerged from the Song Dynasty and a symbol of
Roundly carved with four figures of boys in different gesture; one boy the Confucian ideal for the education and advancement of many sons.
with three hair knots holding probably a lotus stem, 7cm high (2 3/4in),
the second boy bending his waist with probably a firework on his right Compare with a similarly finely-carved figure holding a rattle in the
hand and a lighter in his left hand, 5.3cm high (2 1/8in), the third boy Museum of East Asian Art, Bath, acc. no. BATEA 1218; compare also
holding probably the handle of a trolley, 5.5cm (2 1/4in), the forth boy with a figure of a boy holding a lantern on a pole, from the collection of
similar to the first one, 6.2cm high (2 3/4in), the stone of translucent Florence and Herbert Irving and now in the Metropolitan Museum, New
pale green tone, stands, box. (9). York, acc. no. 2015.500.5.14.

HKD150,000 - 200,000 青白玉質，玉質瑩潤，圓雕四童子，或立或躬，手上空握，或原有其他材
US$19,000 - 26,000 質裝飾，二童子或擎蓮葉，一童子或點炮仗，一童子或扶車轅。

清中期 青白玉童子像 一組四件 此組童子或屬於一整套百子玉雕作品。可參考英國巴斯東亞藝術
博物館藏一件青白玉童子，手持玩具，館藏編號BATEA 1218；另可
比較美國大都會博物館藏一件青白玉雕童子，手持燈籠，館藏編號
2015.500.5.14。

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