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A fine pale green jade mountain 18th century image 1
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A fine pale green jade mountain
18th century

Fine Chinese Art
8 November 2012, 10:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

£50,000 - £60,000

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A fine pale green jade mountain

18th century
Crisply carved to depict the mountain scene of the official Yin Xi paying his respects to the sage Laozi departing for the West on his buffalo, the steep sides of the mountain parting to reveal the defensive walls of the Hangu Pass within a deep crevasse, all surrounded by intricately-carved wutong and pine trees spreading above the mountain tops, the reverse with two cranes in a pine grove, wood stand, box.
19.1cm (7½in) wide (3).

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Provenance: a Canadian private collection

十八世紀 青玉雕老子出關圖山子

來源: 加拿大私人收藏

Laozi, traditionally viewed as a historical figure who lived from 604-531 BC, was the founder of Daoism. The present carving shows the famous image of Laozi as an old man riding on an ox, leaving China for the solitude of the distant Western mountains. As he goes through the Hangu Pass, which marked the border of the world of men, the official Yin Xi approaches to ask for his advice; these teachings became the classic book of Daoism, the Daodejing. Such a carving expresses the traditional scholarly yearning for the quiet life of contemplation at the end of a long career.

Compare a boulder with a related scene in the Qing Court collection, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Jadeware (II), Beijing, 2008, pl.51.

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