清十八世紀 白玉和合二仙

depicting the two boys seated side by side with a brocade ball between them, one holding a spray of lotus wrapping around his shoulder, the smoothly polished stone of an even white colour

紐約佳士得1991年3月18日，編號353

The group is in good condition. The actual colour of the stone is of a slightly more celadon tone than the catalogue illustration.
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白玉晶瑩柔亮，妙琢執蓮童孩成雙，寓意連生貴子。屈志仁在《中國漢至清玉器》展覽圖錄中指，每逢七夕佳節，城裏盡是馬甲童子執荷嬉戲於街頭巷尾之場景，以摹摩合羅，頁110。

類例可參考一和合二仙玉雕，見於敏求精舍展覽《中國玉雕》，香港藝術館，香港，1983年，編號168。Frank Kramer 博士舊藏也有一例，1989年9月28/29日售於紐約蘇富比，編號511。且有一例，收錄於 Robert Kleiner，《Chinese Jades from the Collection of Alan and Simone Hartman》，香港，1996年，圖版175，後售於香港佳士得2007年11月27日，編號1571。