Page 190 - Bonhams, Fine Chinese Art, London November 3, 2022
P. 190
211
A SOAPSTONE CARVING OF A MOUNTAIN LANDSCAPE
Signed Wang Zhu
The landscape intricately carved with a mountain ridges dotted with
small pavilions and agricultural scenes surrounded by pine trees,
gnarled tree trunks and jagged rocks, all beneath high cliffs, traces of
coloured pigments, signed Wang Zhu.
21.5cm (8 1/2in) long.
£2,000 - 3,000
CNY16,000 - 24,000
汪洙款壽山石雕山子
Compare with a similar soapstone model of a landscape, also
signed Wang Zhu, in the National Palace Museum, Taipei (acc.
no.007862N000000000). Compare also with another soapstone
mountain, signed Wang Zhu, Qing dynasty, illustrated by Bai Wenyuan,
ed., Tianjin Museum, Hong Kong, 2012, p.258, no.297. Image courtesy of the Tianjin Museum
For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot
188 | BONHAMS please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue.