Lot Essay
Boys with lanterns were a favoured subject in the decorative arts of the late Ming Dynasty
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A CELADON JADE BOY
LATE MING DYNASTY
The standing figure wearing loose-fitting trousers and coat, his hair tucked in a feathered cap, carrying a lantern in one hand and millet stalks in the other, the celadon stone with white, brown and russet inclusions--4¾in. (12cm.) high, box
LATE MING DYNASTY
The standing figure wearing loose-fitting trousers and coat, his hair tucked in a feathered cap, carrying a lantern in one hand and millet stalks in the other, the celadon stone with white, brown and russet inclusions--4¾in. (12cm.) high, box
Literature
James Watt, op. cit., pl. 97