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A WHITE AND RUSSET JADE ‘BOY AND 宋 白玉褐斑連生貴子
LOTUS’ CARVING
SONG DYNASTY 來源：
香港佳士得2014年5月28日，編號3245
skilfully rendered to depict a boy reclining on his left side
with the right leg propped over the left, the cherubic figure 白玉質，局部沁斑。立體圓雕童子。童子側身半臥，手持
rendered with well-defined facial features and adorned in 荷花，荷葉翻捲，荷花半開。頭髮稀疏，左右兩開，八字
clothing skilfully detailed with incised patterns, portrayed 眉，眼、鼻、嘴凸起。身穿馬甲，上飾斜方格錦紋。
holding a long lotus pad with the left hand and a long lotus
stalk bearing a large bloom with the right, the stone of a pale 此器雕琢簡練，線條俐落，神態俏皮可愛。
celadon-white colour mottled with russet inclusions
5.9 cm, 2¼ in. 宋朝玉雕多見持荷童子，有說此乃源於佛教故事「鹿母蓮
花生子」，寓意吉祥。北宋《東京夢華錄》卷8記載：
PROVENANCE 「七夕前三五日，車馬盈市，羅綺滿街，旋折未開荷花，
Christie’s Hong Kong, 28th May 2014, lot 3245. 都人善假做雙頭蓮，取元一時，提攜而歸，路人往往嗟
愛。又小兒須買新荷葉執之，蓋效顰磨喝樂。」反映了當
HK$ 250,000-300,000 時的社會生活。
US$ 32,300-38,700