Lot 822
822
A PALE GREENISH-WHITE AND RUSSET JADE CARVING OF A BOY AND LOTUS
A PALE GREENISH-WHITE AND RUSSET JADE CARVING OF A BOY AND LOTUS
A PALE GREENISH-WHITE AND RUSSET JADE CARVING OF A BOY AND LOTUS
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A PALE GREENISH-WHITE AND RUSSET JADE CARVING OF A BOY AND LOTUS

MING DYNASTY (1368-1644)

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A PALE GREENISH-WHITE AND RUSSET JADE CARVING OF A BOY AND LOTUS
MING DYNASTY (1368-1644)
The figure is carved in a recumbent pose, with the left hand clutching banana leaf fronds and the right grasping a lotus pod. The pale greenish-white stone has some areas of russet.
3 in. (7.7 cm.) long
Provenance
Robert H. Ellsworth (1929-2014), New York.
The LJZ Collection, United States.
Literature
A. Carter, The LJZ Collection of Chinese Jades, London, 2022, pp. 56-57, no. 23.

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Lot Essay

Each part of the lotus plant bears a different auspicious meaning. The lotus pod (lianfang or liangpeng) symbolizes fertility and augured the early arrival of sons. The combination of the lotus pod with a boy makes the desire for offspring and the continuation of the family line unmistakable. A small jade carving of a boy with lotus pod leaning in a languid position similar to that of the present figure was included in the exhibition, Exquisite Jade Carving: Figures, Animals, Ornaments, Hong Kong, 1996, p. 44, no. 20. The depiction of a reclining boy was not only popular in jade but also in ceramics, such as in ceramic pillows of the Liao, Song and Yuan dynasties.

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