A white jade 'boy and drum' group


Song/Yuan DynastyFinely carved as a recumbent boy, lying in a relaxed posture wearing a short tunic, his head raised and his faced rendered with a cheerful expression, holding in between his outstretched arms a drum, the stone of even greenish-white tone with russet inclusions cleverly utilised to accentuate the forehead, box. 6cm (2 3/8) wide (2).
|宋/元 白玉雕童子抱鼓Provenance: Christie's Paris, 11 June 2014, lot 150Durwin Tang Collection來源：佳士得巴黎，2014年6月11日，拍品編號150鄧德雍收藏Early figures in jade with such design are very rare. Compare a later example, with a boy leaning against a drum, Ming dynasty, illustrated in Exquisite Jade Carving, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 1996, no.21, which was later sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 8 October 2008, lot 2303.中古玉器中鮮見童子抱鼓的題材，而此件作品的玉工以圓雕之法將這一題材於刀下活現，賦頑石以生意，化美玉成神奇。相關他例可參考一件明代玉雕童子依鼓擺件，見香港大學展覽圖錄《Exquisite Jade Carving》，1996年，編號21，後售於香港蘇富比，2008年10月8日，拍品編號2303