A very pale green jade 'boy and lion' group


Ming DynastyFinely carved as a standing boy depicted with a gentle smile and long flowing hair secured by a headband, wearing a robe tied at the waist with a sash, both hands holding a precious scroll, accompanied by a recumbent lion biting the edge of his sleeve. 5.6cm (2 1/4in) high.
|明 青白玉雕童子戲獅擺件Provenance:An English private collectionMarchant, LondonExhibited, Published and Illustrated:S. Marchant & Son, 70th Anniversary Exhibition of Post-Archaic Chinese Jades, London, 1995, no.12來源：英國私人舊藏倫敦Marchant展覽、出版及著錄：S. Marchant & Son，《70th Anniversary Exhibition of Post-Archaic Chinese Jades》，倫敦，1995年，編號12青白玉質，清白透潤，圓雕童子立像，陰刻淺劃髡頂周圍之髮絲以及頭戴之如意箍，手執寶卷，身著交領短袍，腰繫長縧，衣衫褶皺以砣刀深刻，刀鋒打磨不顯，童子一側圓雕小獅，獅子咬扯童子衣襟，脊骨節節圓潤，鬃毛絲絲如縷，尾巴上翹呈如意形，生動可愛。