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A FINE WHITE JADE HEHE ERXIAN GROUP
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
Kneeling side-by-side, each figure is modelled with a rounded face and a smiling expression, grasped in the right hand of one boy is a bundle of long stemed lotus extending over his right shoulder, his left hand resting on his companion's shoulder, in observation of his twin who is playfully opening the lid of a circular wicker box, revealing a longtailed bird, the stone of a cream-white tone with areas of russet inclusions
4 in. (10 cm.) long, stand
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
Kneeling side-by-side, each figure is modelled with a rounded face and a smiling expression, grasped in the right hand of one boy is a bundle of long stemed lotus extending over his right shoulder, his left hand resting on his companion's shoulder, in observation of his twin who is playfully opening the lid of a circular wicker box, revealing a longtailed bird, the stone of a cream-white tone with areas of russet inclusions
4 in. (10 cm.) long, stand
Literature
Robert Kleiner, Chinese Jades from the Collection of Alan and Simone Hartman, Hong Kong, 1996, no.175
Exhibited
Christie's New York, March 13-26, 2001
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, August 2003 - December 2004
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, August 2003 - December 2004