A white jade carving of an apsara


Probably Ming DynastyCarved in round and openwork as a boy-deity in flight, wearing a long flowing scarf, his hands grasping flower sprays, the round head finely detailed with two hair knots, the stone of an even greenish-white tone with minor areas of brown inclusions, box. 6.3cm (2 1/2in) long (2).
|或明 白玉雕飛天童子Provenance:Durwin Tang Collection來源：鄧德雍收藏The present lot is particularly rare for its fine and rounded modelling. The carver cleverly utilised the shape and colour of the precious stone to heighten the overall three-dimensional sense. Compare with a related white jade boy carving, Song dynasty, illustrated in the Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum: Jade 5 Tang, Song, Liao, Jin and Yuan Dynasties, Beijing, 2011, p.111, no.117.此件飛天童子取自和田子玉料，隨石形雕就。玉質潔潤，刀法細膩，方寸之間，饒有動態。北京故宮藏一件宋代白玉童子可作比較，見《故宮博物院藏品大系：玉器篇》，卷五，北京，2011年，頁111，編號117。