拍品專文
Jade carvings of boys holding a lotus leaf were very popular during the Ming dynasty. One of the words for lotus (lian) is a pun for “continuous” and the boy implies the wish for a son. The two together form the rebus liansheng guizi (may you continuously give birth to distinguished sons). In the present carving the carver has cleverly used the skin of the stone to highlight the large lotus leaf.