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A PALE CELADON JADE 'RAM AND BOY' GROUP
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
The flattened pebble carved to depict a young boy with a smiling expression seated on the back of a ram, one hand holding onto the reins whilst the other is supporting a ruyi over his shoulder suspending a musical stone and a tasselled double fish, the stone of slightly tinted tone suffused with splashes of russet
6¾ in. (17.2 cm.) high
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
The flattened pebble carved to depict a young boy with a smiling expression seated on the back of a ram, one hand holding onto the reins whilst the other is supporting a ruyi over his shoulder suspending a musical stone and a tasselled double fish, the stone of slightly tinted tone suffused with splashes of russet
6¾ in. (17.2 cm.) high
Provenance
Sotheby's Hong Kong, 20 May 1986. lot 190
Literature
Robert Kleiner, Chinese Jades from the Collection of Alan and Simone Hartman, Hong Kong, 1996, no.173
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