A white jade carving of boy and lotus, Song or Ming Dynastyof flattened form, depicting a boy holding in his right hand a lotus stalk extending across the back of his head, the stone of even white tone with russet patch on the backwhen zooming in for 60 to 100 times to observe the tiny marks on the lot, marks of using soft abrasives could be seen, such marks are very different on modern jade pieces where new machines are used for carving and polishing.Provenance: private English collectionNote:a closely comparable example is in the collection of National Museum, is illustrated in The Pictorial Handbook of Ancient Chinese Jades page 310 8.3cm high, 5.9cm wide, 1.6cm depth