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104 A FINE PALE CELADON AND RUSSET JADE BOY
18TH CENTURY

104 A FINE PALE CELADON AND RUSSET JADE BOY
18TH CENTURY

L7cm

Estimates

TWD
100,000-120,000
USD
3,100-3,800
HKD
24,400-29,300
RMB
22,730-27,270
十八世紀 青白玉留皮荷葉童子
2024 Autumn Auction
Auction
Sunday, 27 October 2024 2:30pm
Preview
19-25 October 10:00am-6:00pm
26 October 10:00am-4:00pm
Venue
7F., No.15, Sec. 2, Chongqing S. Rd., Zhongzheng Dist., Taipei, Taiwan
Contact:
+886-2-2358-1881
art@yu-jen.tw
 

Lot Overview

白玉質,溫潤細密,包漿滋潤,局部帶有紅褐皮色及沁斑。圓雕為童子造型,頭略呈倒三角形,梳雙髻,著寬袖長衫,腰間綁帶,下著寬褲,一手執握蓮梗,荷葉背負於身後。整器碾磨精細,人物造型寫實,玲瓏可愛,且匠人將紅褐皮色處化為荷葉,極富巧思之設計令人讚賞不已。

唐代,器物中已有荷蓮童子圖案,自宋以後,治玉工藝更加成熟,題材逐步趨向世俗化,玉雕童子顯現出濃厚的生活氣息。宋.孟元老《東京夢華錄.七夕》中載:「七夕前三五日···少兒須買新荷葉執之,蓋效顰磨喝樂。」本件持荷童子便是此習俗之體現,寓有「連生貴子」,希冀「子孫昌盛」的涵意
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