Carved as a line of young boys at leisure, three looking backwards variously holding a flag, sitting on a drum, and holding a cash, two crouching clinging to their neighbour, the translucent stone of even tone
6¾in. (17cm.) long
Lot Essay
A similar brush-rest from the Palace Museum, Beijing is illustrated by Y. K. Siu, Oriental Ceramic Society Of Hong Kong, Bulletin no.9, 1988-92, fig.19, p.18