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A WHITE JADE 'BOY' CARVING 18th century (2)
A WHITE JADE 'BOY' CARVING 18th century (2)
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A WHITE JADE 'BOY' CARVING 18th century The smiling boy standing with his right foot forward, wearing long ample robes, holding a basket behind his back suspended from a stick, the stone of even greenish-white tone, fitted box. 7cm (2 3/4in) high (2). Footnotes: 十八世紀 白玉童子 Provenance: From the collection of Barry C Tattenhall (1907-1989), thence by descent to the present owners. Barry Tattenhall was a well-regarded collector of Chinese porcelain and member of the Oriental Ceramic Society and lent porcelain to their 1950 Polychrome Exhibition and 1964 Qing Exhibition. David and Jellinek (2011, Provenance. Collectors, Dealers and Scholars: Chinese Ceramics in Britain and America) describe him as 'ahead of his time with his interest in nineteenth- and twentieth-century Imperial porcelain'. A number of pieces from his collection were sold at Sotheby's on 12 December 1989. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing

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A WHITE JADE 'BOY' CARVING 18th century (2)

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