A WHITE JADE 'BOY AND LOTUS' CARVING AND A WHITE JADE 'BADGERS' GROUP QING DYNASTY

the first skilfully worked as a boy with both hands grasping a long lotus stalk extending over his shoulder and bearing a lotus bloom, the stone of an even white colour with faint inclusions; the second rendered in openwork as a pair of badgers arranged head to tail, the reverse with a lingzhi bloom, the white stone polished to a smooth finish