ANONYMOUSLadies and Boys, 17th/18th century Ink and colour on silk depicting ladies and children on a terrace, framed. 112cm (44in) long x 204cm (80 1/4in) wide. 十七/十八世紀 庭院嬰戲圖 設色絹本 木框裝裱 Provenance : a Spanish private collection 來源 ：西班牙私人收藏 The theme of 'boys at play' emerged as an offshoot of the 'one hundred boys' design. Paintings attributed to the Qing dynasty depicting similar scenes of boys at play include an album, 'Children at Play', in the Qing Court Collection, illustrated in Theplete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Genre Paintings of the Ming and Qing Dynasties , Hong Kong, 2008, pl.57, together with a hanging scroll, 'Children Watching Their Images Reflected in the Water Basin', by Ding Guanpeng, ibid ., pl.56. pare with a large painting of ladies and boys, 18th/19th century, which was sold at Christie's London, 18 May 2012, lot 1085. See also a large 'hundred boys' painting, 18th century, which was sold at Sotheby's London, 11 May 2016, lot 128.