Title

Jade boy with gourd backed by plantain leaf, late Ming dynasty, China, 1550-1644. Artist: Unknown

Caption

Jade boy with gourd backed by plantain leaf, late Ming dynasty, China, 1550-1644. A jade pebble of a Chinese boy seated holding a gourd backed by a large plantain leaf. The leaf is very naturalistically carved with its veins showing and the edges hollowed out, in places the leaf's edge is turned. The jade is of good white colour with a few small black or brown spots at the back.
Bath (England), The Museum of East Asian Art

Date

1550

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images

Reference

HRM19B72_468

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

17,9Mb (415,9Kb) / 9,5in x 7,4in / 2836 x 2207 (300dpi)

Keywords

people male boy boys arts carving country figure pebble white China art Chinese color colour carved ming location century artefact dynasty Ming Dynasty artifact 17th century 16th century sixteenth century seventeenth century Museum of East Asian Art object Unknown jade jade object