A YELLOW AND RUSSET JADE ‘BOY AND LOTUS’ CARVING SONG DYNASTY

finely rendered in the form of a boy with his head turned backwards, the figure depicted with the left elbow bent at an angle and the left hand grasping a long stem extending across his back and issuing a lotus flower, the stone of a celadon colour highlighted with attractive russet streaks

There are minor nicks to the edges of the figure, particularly to the shoes and trousers' hems. Small areas have possibly lightly polished to conceal an earlier nick. The figure is otherwise in overall good condition.
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Nine carvings of boys with lotus, in the Palace Museum, Beijing, are illustrated in Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum. Jade, vol. 5, Tang, Song, Liao, Jin and Yuan Dynasties, Beijing, 2011, pls. 99-107; one in the Tianjin Museum, Tianjin, is published in Jade Wares Collected by Tianjin Museum, Beijing, 2012, pl. 127; another in the Museum of East Asian Art, Bath, is included in Angus Forsyth and Brian McElney, Jades from China, Bath, 1994, pl. 252; and a further example from the Hei-Chi collection, illustrated in Hei-Chi, Jades from the Hei-Chi Collection, Beijing, 2006, pl. 166, was sold in these rooms, 8th April 2010, lot 2008.