AN EXQUISITE WHITE JADE 'SHOULAO AND BOY' CARVINGQianlongSuperbly worked depicting a figure of Shoulao dressed in a voluminous robe, the bearded Immortal holding a long gnarled staff in his right hand, a young boy kneeling at his side offering a peach, the stone of a translucent even white colour, stand and box.4.5cm (1 3/4in) wideProvenance: 清乾隆 白玉留皮巧雕壽老童子Remarkable for its high level of craftsman and translucent white colour, the current group is an outstanding testament to the skilled Imperial workman of the 18th century. Representations of Shoulao are not umon but it is extremely rare to find jade figures of this quality and no closelyparable example appears to have been sold at auction. See a related Qianlong period jade standing figure of Shoulao (4cm wide) in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, donated by Heber R. Bishop in 1902, acc.no. .本品匠工上乘，所採白玉色澤均勻，留皮巧雕手杖盡顯十八世紀中國宮廷工藝之精湛卓絕。壽老造像並不罕見，然而，本玉雕匠心獨到，拍場上無近例可尋，彌足珍貴。 參考一例，屬乾隆年款壽老像，寬4公分，藏於紐約大都會藝術博物館，1902年由畢紹普先生捐贈，藏品編號。