A YELLOW AND RUSSET JADE CARVING OF A BOY AND LOTUS

Lot 823
21.09.2023 15:00UTC -05:00
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$ 40 000
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ID 1007299
Lot 823 | A YELLOW AND RUSSET JADE CARVING OF A BOY AND LOTUS
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$ 40 000 – 60 000
A YELLOW AND RUSSET JADE CARVING OF A BOY AND LOTUS

MING DYNASTY (1368-1644)

The boy is carved seated in the curl of a lotus leaf and grasping the stem in his proper left hand. The stone is softly polished and of a yellow tone with russet cleverly highlighting the lotus leaf.

1 ¾ in. (4.4 cm.) high, cloth box





Provenance

T'ing-sung Shu-Wu Collection, Hong Kong.

Chung Wah Pui, The Hei-Chi Collection, Hong Kong.

Anthony Carter, London, 5 September 2006.

The LJZ Collection, United States.



Literature

J. C. Y. Watt, Chinese Jades from Han to Ch'ing, New York, 1980, p. 113, no. 96.

Ip Yee, Chinese Jade Carving, Hong Kong, 1983, pp. 182-83, no. 167.

Jiang Tao and Liu Yunhui, Jades from the Hei-Chi Collection, Beijing, 2006, p. 174.

A. Carter, The LJZ Collection of Chinese Jades, London, 2022, pp. 58-59, no. 24.



Exhibited

New York, Asia House Gallery, Chinese Jades from Han to Ch'ing, Fall 1980.

Hong Kong, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Chinese Jade Carving, 21 October-24 December 1983.
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