Small bronze boy holding a gold bar in his hands. He symbolizes a wish for many sons and great wealth and was most probably presented to someone as a gift. There is a hole in the back and we assume that there was some sort of attachment there so that the bronze could be used as a toggle. The boy has a queue (pigtail) which dates him to the Qing period (1644 – 1912). During the rule of the Manchus (the ruling class in China during the Qing Dynasty), the males of Han Chinese birth were forced to wear a queue so that they were easily recognizable. Height 5.9 cm.