A pale green and greyish-white jade 'sage and boy' group
18th century The elderly bearded figure superbly carved standing with a gentle facial expression wearing a cloth cap and long voluminous robes, holding a boy supported on a barrel at his front, the boy grasping a coin incised with two characters tai ping (peace) at his chest, the smoothly polished stone of a greenish-white and pinkish-grey tone, wood stand, box. 7cm (2 3/4in) high. (3).
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十八世紀 青白玉雕壽老童子立鼓擺件Provenance:An English private collectionMarchant, London來源:英國私人舊藏倫敦MarchantSee an example of a jade boy resting on a barrel, Ming dynasty, illustrated in Exquisite Jade Carving, Hong Kong, 1996, no.21.青玉質,略泛粉紅,幾如肉色,圓雕壽老扶童子抱錢立於鼓上,壽老頭戴樸頭,身著長袍,繫絲絛,大額長髯,砣刀斜刻衣褶,打磨細膩,童子總角,著短衫,抱銅錢,錢上陰刻「太平」二字,鼓光素無紋,惟上下浮雕箍環兩匝。擊鼓童子的題材源自傳說觀音的招財童子下凡擊鼓的傳說,象徵太平富貴,本件拍品之童子手執太平銅錢,即是點明這一象徵寓意。可參考一件明代玉雕童子倚鼓擺件,見香港大學展覽圖錄《Exquisite Jade Carving》,香港,1996年,編號21。