A WHITE JADE CARVING OF A BOY 19th/20th centuryA WHITE JADE CARVING OF A BOY19th/20th centuryFinely carved as an anatomically accurate boy crawling on all fours clad in a dudou bodice, the head with joyful expression and two tufts of hair on the sides, the stone of even pale white tone. 8.5cm (3 2/8in) long. 十九/二世世紀 白玉雕童子把件 Provenance: Joseph (1938-2005) and Bella (1941-2011) Shapiro, and thence by descent 來源：Joseph Shapiro (1938-2005)和 Bella Shapiro (1941-2011)舊藏，並由後人保存迄今The present lot illustrates the ways in which the Confucian doctrine of filial piety, together with the cult of ancestor worship, underscored the need for children, particularly boys, to continue the family line and make offerings to the ancestors for their afterlife. As such, the depiction of boys can be found in various media in Chinese art including painting, porcelain, lacquer and jade carvings. A related white jade boy, Ming dynasty, in the Qing Court Collection, is illustrated in the Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum: Jade, Beijing, 2011, vol.6, p.276, no.288.Compare with two related white jade 'boy and lingzhi' carvings, Qing dynasty, which were sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 4 October 2018, lot 156.public_sentiment_keywords: Jade +jinis_parse: 20230413image: yuzhan_bonhams_item/51930649.jpgsold_price_type: £