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PROPERTY FROM THE QUINCY CHUANG COLLECTION
莊貴侖先生舊藏
2809

A SUPERBLY CARVED WHITE JADE 清乾隆/嘉慶 白玉雕夜遊赤壁圖山子
‘RED CLIFF’ BOULDER 來源:
QIANLONG-JIAQING PERIOD (1736-1820) 香港邦瀚斯，2007年5月26日，拍品238號
The irregularly-shaped boulder is carved on the front with the scene 比較清乾隆玉赤壁插屏一對，藏於台北故宮博物院，見《宮廷之雅：清代
from the poem ‘The Red Cliff’, in which the Song-dynasty poet 仿古及畫意玉器特展圖錄》，台北，1997年，圖版63號。
Su Shi is depicted in a raft with his two companions looking out at
vast rocky cliffs studded with pine trees at different levels, the details
of the wispy clouds and waves represented by finely incised lines; the
reverse side with a continuous landscape comprising a pavilion on
jagged mountains.
6æ in. (17.1 cm.) wide, hardwood stand, box
HK$500,000-700,000 US$65,000-90,000

P R O V E NAN C E :
Sold at Bonhams Hong Kong, 26 May 2007, lot 238

Compare the carving to a pair of Qianlong period jade table screens also
depicting ‘Red Cliffs’ in the Palace Museum, Taipei, illustrated in The
Refined Taste of the Emperor: Special Exhibition of Archaic and Pictorial
Jades of the Ch’ing Court, Taipei, 1997, no. 63.

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