A FINE WHITE JADE ‘BOYS’ GROUP
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A FINE WHITE JADE ‘BOYS’ GROUP

QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY

细节
4 1/8 in. (10.4 cm.) high, box
来源
Sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 22 May 1985, lot 310
The Alan and Simone Hartman Collection, Part I, sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 28 November 2006, lot 1414
Sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 1 June 2011, lot 3635
出版
R. Kleiner, Chinese Jades from the Collection of Alan and Simone Hartman, Hong Kong, 1996, pl. 180
展览
Christie’s New York, 13-26 March 2001
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, August 2003 - December 2004

荣誉呈献

Priscilla Kong
Priscilla Kong

拍品专文

The depiction of children, and in particular boys, can be found in various media in Chinese art including painting, porcelains, lacquer and jade carvings. They symbolise a wish for many children, but more significantly, many sons. The stalk of millet in the present carving plays on the pun for He, meaning ‘harmony’, and this theme is reinforced by the inscription on the cash-coin, which itself represents wealth. In total, the motifs here encompass many auspicious themes, making the piece a highly appropriate wedding or birthday gift.

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