Lot 16. A celadon and russet jade ‘Boy and Buddhist lion’ group, Qing dynasty, 18th century; 13.6cm., 5 3/8 in. Estimate 8,000 - 12,000 GBP. Lot sold 30,000 GBP. © Sotheby's

animatedly carved in the form of a smiling boy with his head turned gently towards his back looking at a Buddhist lion rearing its tail, the beast finely detailed with combed fur, bulging eyes and flaring nostrils, its mouth grasping a long ribbon tied to a brocade ball supported on the boy’s raised left arm, the stone of a pale celadon tone with caramel-russet inclusions.

Sotheby's. Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art, London, 14 May 2014