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Chinese Carved Agate of a Boy-child browse these categories for related items... All Items: Antiques: Decorative Art: Minerals: Hardstone: Pre 1837 VR: item # 1163409
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| A common gift to a Chinese bride as a prayer for sons was representations of boy-children in many materials. (I have never seen one of a girl, but my mother, who always wanted a girl and only produced four sons over a twenty-year period, would have owned a collection!) This fine little fellow, with the Peach of Prosperity in his right hand and a rattle lifted in his other, is carved from softly glowing clam-broth agate, the face and peach bearing a somewhat whiter luster. Approximately 2-1/2 inches high, exclusive of the rosewood stand,by 1-1/2 inches wide by one inch deep, it is in excellent condition. Chinese, Ching Dynasty, Early Nineteenth Century. | ||||||||||
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