Fine Chinese Paintings & Works of Art - 7th December 2020
Lot 72
A CHINESE CHICKEN-BONE JADE CARVING OF ZHOU YANZI
Estimate £4,000 - £5,000
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Description
A CHINESE CHICKEN-BONE JADE CARVING OF ZHOU YANZI
18TH CENTURY
The boy carved standing holding a bucket in his left hand, with a large deer skin draped over his back and head, depicted with a cheerful expression on his face and his hair tied in two buns, 8.7cm.
Figures of Zhou Yanzi represent filial piety. According to a Chinese folk tale, Zhou Yanzi wore a deer skin in order to mingle with a herd and obtain milk from a doe to cure his ailing father.