Song dynasty
The small figure is seated with his right hand resting on his raised knee and holding an animal in his left arm. He is wearing a jacket fastened with a belt. His face is moulded with fine features showing an innocent expression below a tuft of hair on top of his head and a cap covering the back of his head.
The figure is covered with a transparent glaze pooling to a greenish tone in the recessed areas. The base is left unglazed.
Height: 5 cm
Provenance: Private collection of Dr. Koos de Jong, Amsterdam
A number of Northern Song and Jin small human figures from sites in the Dingxian areas of Hebei province are illustrated in Zhongguo Taoci Quanji, 9, Dingyao, Shanghai 1981, nos 61-66 and 94-5, 97.
宋 定窯系 袖珍童子像
時代：宋朝
特徵：童子曲膝而坐，表情天真稚氣，右手置於抬起的膝蓋上，左手抱一動物。全器施透明釉，凹陷處積釉呈綠色調。底部未上釉。
尺寸：高5公分。
來源：阿姆斯特丹Koos de Jong博士珍藏。
