A Chinese white and russet jade figure of Zhou Tanzi, 17th-18th century, the boy, Tanzi, is shown holding a bucket as he stands beneath a deer skin draped over his head and back, the stone of even white colour and with areas of russet inclusions, wood stand, the jade 6.8cm high x 3.8cm wide For other examples of the figure in jade, see Spink & Son Ltd., Chinese Jade, November 1991, cat. no. 120; S. Marchant and Son, 75th Anniversary Exhibition of Post-Archaic Chinese Jades from Private Collections, no.23; and another Ming dynasty example in white and russet jade is in the collection of the Freer Sackler Galleries, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C., acc. no. S1987.759. The seventh of the twenty-four paragons of filial piety, Tanzi lived during the Zhou Dynasty. He was extremely filial. His aged parents suffered an eye malady that required deer's milk as a cure. Tanzi camouflaged himself in a deer's skin, went into the mountains, and mingled with a deer herd in order to obtain the milk for his parents. Some hunters saw him, and mistaking him for a deer, were about to shoot when he revealed himself just in time. Provenance: Private English Collection 17-18世纪 白玉巧雕鹿乳奉亲把件 拍品来源：英国私人收藏 Condition Report: Jade with natural inclusions and the figure with residue of glue on the bottom Condition Report Disclaimer