17-18th century
The brush rest is modelled as a smiling boy lying with legs crossed, his head resting on his left arm. His right arm rests at his side, and he holds an ingot in his right hand. His hair is tied in a double topknot, while he wears a tunic with an oval geometric pattern.
Length: 6.1 cm
Provenance: Feng-Chun Ma, Amsterdam
Published in Feng-Chun Ma, A Thousand Years of Hundred Boys in Chinese Art, 10th–20th Century (Hong Kong: CA Book Publishing, 2024), p. 206.
WF 114 十七至十八世紀 銅鎏金臥童筆架
筆架呈斜臥男孩之形,男孩身穿裝飾幾何圖案的上衣,頭枕左臂上,右手捧一元寶。
長6.1公分
來源:Feng-Chun Ma, Amsterdam
出版:馬鳳春《千年百子─十至二十世紀中國藝術中的嬰戲圖》(香港:CA Book Publishing, 2024),頁206。