18th century
Finely carved as a reclining youth resting with his right hand on a double gourd bottle secured with ribbon through a cash coin to a ruyi sceptre held over his shoulders in the left hand.
3.5cm (1 3/8in) long.
Footnotes
十八世紀 白玉雕童子
Provenance: Natasha du Breuil (1891-1966) and Colonel Valentine Burkhardt (1884-1967), by repute