ID 1007299
Lot 823 | A YELLOW AND RUSSET JADE CARVING OF A BOY AND LOTUS
Estimate value
$ 40 000 – 60 000
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.
| Medium: | Jade, Precious stones |
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| Historical era: | Ming dynasty, Liao dynasty |
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Medium: | Jade, Precious stones |
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| Historical era: | Ming dynasty, Liao dynasty |
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
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