拍品 161
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明末清初 銅「運財童子」圖鎮紙

估價
20,000 - 30,000 HKD
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描述

  • Bronze
modelled as a young, smiling boy dressed in a loose jacket and trousers with a sash tied diagonally over one shoulder, his head shaved except for a single long topknot, seated with his legs wrapped around a drum incised with the 'cash' pattern, leaning on the drum with his left elbow, the right hand beating the drum with an ingot of precious metal

來源

Hugh Moss (HK) Ltd
瑪麗及莊智博收藏,2004年
香港蘇富比2005年10月23日,編號43

Condition

Apart from some light typical pitting, mild surface wear, and a small dent in front of the drum and on its underside, the overall condition is quite good. The actual colour is of a warmer brownish-green tone compared to the catalogue illustration.
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拍品資料及來源

It is rare to find bronze paperweight of this delightful model depicting a boy beating his drum with an ingot. This imagery is full of auspicious symbolism and conveys the wish for the continuation of the family line, represented by the smiling youth, and a desire for prosperity, represented by the ingot and the cash symbols around the drum. The drum itself could also be read as the symbol of celebration in general.

See a group of six small bronze figures of boys, including one depicted standing and beating his drum, in the British Museum, London, illustrated in Jessica Rawson, Chinese Jades from the Neolithic to the Qing, London, 1995, p. 379.