LOT 169 【*】A VERY PALE GREEN JADE CIRCULAR 'BOYS' BOX AND COVER 18th...
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A VERY PALE GREEN JADE CIRCULAR 'BOYS' BOX AND COVER 18th century (2)A VERY PALE GREEN JADE CIRCULAR 'BOYS' BOX AND COVER18th centuryOf flattened circular shape, the top finely carved in relief with a mountainous scene featuring a group of boys, one holding a chime, another a ruyi sceptre and the third with a large plant of rodhea niponica, all beneath gnarled pine trees and jagged rocks, the latter continuing around the sides of the body, the stone of pale green tone with inclusions. 11cm (4 1/2in) diam. (2).十八世紀 青白玉雕百子蓋盒Provenance: a European private collection, and thence by descent來源:歐洲私人收藏,並由後人保存迄今The depiction of numerous boys at play in a garden, representing the wish for many sons, was a popular subject in the decorative arts of the Ming and Qing dynasties. The auspicious theme refers to King Wen of the Zhou dynasty who had ninety-nine sons and adopted one more to make one hundred. In the present vase, each of the boys are engaged in activities laden with symbolism: the boys carrying a vase, for example, make up a pun for peace; the boy holding the chime sheng, whose name is a pun on the word 'ascend', in one hand, and a ruyi sceptre in the other, underscores the wish for attaining an official career. The 'Hundred Boys' design would have likely been influenced by either woodblock prints, paintings or contemporaneous porcelain wares produced at Jingdezhen. See a related jade box, 18th century, in the British Museum, London, carved with floral designs, illustrated by J.Rawson, Chinese Jade. From the Neolithic to the Qing, London, 1995, p.398, no.29:11.public_sentiment_keywords: stone+chime ** Jade +hanis_parse: 20230413image: yuzhan_bonhams_item/51930780.jpgsold_price_type: £
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