A YELLOW JADE 'BOYS AND DRUM' PENDANT QING DYNASTY, 18TH / 1...

A YELLOW JADE 'BOYS AND DRUM' PENDANT QING DYNASTY, 18TH / 19TH CENTURY 黄玉童子戏鼓 清 十八/十九世纪 modelled as two playful boys astride a drum, all entwined with fruiting vines 4.5cm high PROVENANCE: From the Ian Rutherford Collection of Chinese Jade Animals. Acquired from Spink & Son Ltd., London, 1996, with original invoice NOTE: For comparative examples, see the following references: Ip Yee, ‘Chinese Jade Carving’, Hong Kong, 1983, No. 179 James C.Y. Watt, ‘Chinese Jades from Han to Ch’ing’, New York, 1980, No. 95 S. K. Fung, Yeung Chun-tong, ‘Exquisite Jade Carving: Figures Animals, Ornaments’, University of Hong Kong, 1996, No. 37

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