A white jade carving of an apsara
Carved in the round and openwork as a boy-deity in flight, wearing a long flowing scarf, his hands grasping flower sprays, the round head finely detailed with two hair knots, the stone of an even greenish-white tone with minor areas of brown inclusions, box. 6.3cm (2 1/2in) long (2).
Compare with a related white jade boy carving, Song Dynasty, illustrated in the Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum: Jade 5 Tang, Song, Liao, Jin and Yuan Dynasties, Beijing, 2011, p.111, no.117.
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Carved in the round and openwork as a boy-deity in flight, wearing a long flowing scarf, his hands grasping flower sprays, the round head finely detailed with two hair knots, the stone of an even greenish-white tone with minor areas of brown inclusions, box. 6.3cm (2 1/2in) long (2).
Compare with a related white jade boy carving, Song Dynasty, illustrated in the Compendium of Collections in the Palace Museum: Jade 5 Tang, Song, Liao, Jin and Yuan Dynasties, Beijing, 2011, p.111, no.117.
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