宋至明 青白玉雕連生貴子珮

carved in the form of a boy and a girl each holding a long stem in one hand, the other petting a bird grasping a lotus spray between its beak, pierced through from the top with a small aperture for suspension

The pendant is in overall good condition. There are a few expected minute nicks to the edges and fragile extremities.
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韋少鏗舊藏一類例，展於《玲瓏玉雕：玉人，玉獸，玉飾》，香港大學美術博物館，香港，1996年，編號9，同書另錄水松石山房藏玉雙童子蹴鞠飾，圖版15；另有一例，錄於《Naturalism & Archaism. Chinese Jades from the Kirknorton Collection》，Carter Fine Art Limited，倫敦，1995年，編號32。

紋飾寓意吉祥，有連生貴子之願。屈志仁教授《Chinese Jades from Han to Ch’ing》展覽著錄中記載七夕佳節，城裏盡是馬甲童子執荷嬉戲於街頭巷尾之場景，以摹摩合羅。