A small white and russet jade carving of a boy18th centuryThe pebble smoothly carved as a boy with loose clothes, a jovial expression on his face beneath two tufts of hair on his shaved pate, holding a large curling plantain leaf with finely incised veins, the stone of pale white tone with russet and cloudy inclusions. 6.5cm (2 1/2in) high.注脚十八世紀 白玉帶皮童子把件Compare with a related white jade carving of a boy and leaf, Qianlong, which was sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 27 May 2014, lot 39; see also a pale green and russet jade carving of a boy, early Qing dynasty, which was sold at Bonhams Hong Kong, 24 November 2013, lot 272.