A green and russet jade mountain
17th/18th century
Carved as an unusually irregular triangular section of mountain range, one side with two elderly bearded travellers ascending a path to a flight of steps between pine, the other with a tall cluster of leafy pine hanging over a waterfall carved from a creamy area of inclusion, the mountain range indicated by asymmetric overlapping planes, wood stand, box.
23.5cm (9¼in) wide (3).
Carved as an unusually irregular triangular section of mountain range, one side with two elderly bearded travellers ascending a path to a flight of steps between pine, the other with a tall cluster of leafy pine hanging over a waterfall carved from a creamy area of inclusion, the mountain range indicated by asymmetric overlapping planes, wood stand, box.
23.5cm (9¼in) wide (3).
Sold for
£18,750
inc. premium
Footnotes
- Provenance: an English private collection
十七/十八世紀 青玉帶皮雕山水人物圖山子
來源: 英國私人收藏
Compare a related green and russet jade boulder dated to the Qianlong period, illustrated in The Refined Taste of the Emperor: Special Exhibition of Archaic and Pictorial Jades of the Ch'ing Court, National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1997, pl.37.
Lot heading
The Property of a Lady 女士藏品
Category: Asian Art / Chinese Works of Art
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