Mid Qing Dynasty Roundly carved with four figures of boys in different gesture; one boy with three hair knots holding probably a lotus stem, 7cm high (2 3/4in), the second boy bending his waist with probably a firework on his right hand and a lighter in his left hand, 5.3cm high (2 1/8in), the third boy holding probably the handle of a trolley, 5.5cm (2 1/4in), the forth boy similar to the first one, 6.2cm high (2 3/4in), the stone of translucent pale green tone, stands, box. (9).Footnotes清中期 青白玉童子像 一組四件 These four figures of boys probably belonged to a group of 'hundred boys', a theme that emerged from the Song Dynasty and a symbol of the Confucian ideal for the education and advancement of many sons. Compare with a similarly finely-carved figure holding a rattle in the Museum of East Asian Art, Bath, acc. no. BATEA 1218; compare also with a figure of a boy holding a lantern on a pole, from the collection of Florence and Herbert Irving and now in the Metropolitan Museum, New York, acc. no. 2015.500.5.14. 青白玉質，玉質瑩潤，圓雕四童子，或立或躬，手上空握，或原有其他材質裝飾，二童子或擎蓮葉，一童子或點炮仗，一童子或扶車轅。 此組童子或屬於一整套百子玉雕作品。可參考英國巴斯東亞藝術博物館藏一件青白玉童子，手持玩具，館藏編號BATEA 1218；另可比較美國大都會博物館藏一件青白玉雕童子，手持燈籠，館藏編號2015.500.5.14。