A RARE VERY PALE GREEN JADE CARVING OF A BOY 18th centuryTHE PROPERTY OF A BRITISH FAMILY 英國家族藏品A RARE VERY PALE GREEN JADE CARVING OF A BOY18th centuryThe pebble expertly carved as a boy on all fours clad in a dudou bodice and bangles on his legs and arms, holding a ruyi-sceptre, the head with shaved pate and two tufts of hair beside a smiling face, the stone of even pale green tone, box. 5.5cm (2 1/4in) long.十八世紀 玉雕童子把件Provenance: Spink & Son Ltd., LondonJoseph (1938-2005) and Bella (1941-2011) Shapiro, acquired from the above on 22 April 1991, and thence by descent Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Spink & Son Ltd., Chinese Art at Spink, London, 1991, no.75來源：倫敦古董商Spink & Son Ltd.Joseph Shapiro (1938-2005)和 Bella Shapiro (1941-2011)在1991年4月22日從上處購得，並由後人保存迄今展覽著錄：Spink & Son Ltd.， 《Chinese Art at Spink》，倫敦， 1991年，編號75Compare with a similar white jade boy, Ming dynasty, in the Qing Court Collection, illustrated in the Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum: Jade, Beijing, 2011, vol.6, p.276, no.288.See also a related white jade carving of a boy, which was sold at Christie's London, 7 November 2014, lot 432.sold_price_type: £