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PROPERTY FROM THE LIZZADRO COLLECTION
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A WHITE JADE FIGURE OF A BOY
QING DYNASTY (1644-1911)
The boy wearing a jacket and pants stands with his legs crossing each other as if running,
and he holds a lotus stem over his shoulder. The stone is of even white color.
2Ω in. (6.3 cm.) high
$3,000-5,000

PROVENANCE
Lizzadro Collection, Elmhurst, Illinois, acquired prior to 1960.
The depiction of a boy holding a lotus represents the wish for many descendants, and
similar small jade fgures were carved as early as the Song dynasty as seen from several
examples illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum - 41 - Jadeware
(II), Hong Kong, 1995, pls. 81-84. In these fgures the legs are shown in a more naturalistic
crossed position, as if the boy might be running. The same iconography continued into the
Ming and Qing dynasties, and several Ming examples are illustrated in Jades of Tang through
Qing Dynasties, Taipei, 2002, pls. 89, 90, 92 and 93.
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