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8    㶭   䌱    A YELLOWISH BEIGE JADE
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                昮ġġġ  㜦  ‘LANDSCAPE’ BOULDER
                    Ⱉ    QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD
                    檀
                    ⢓    deftly carved in multiple layers of relief, the slim stone modeled
                    ⚾    as a serene mountainous landscape, with a scholar and his
                    Ⱉ    attendant crossing a bridge over a stream amidst wutong, pine,
                    ⫸    and a walled compound in the distance, the reverse with two
                         deer in a similar landscape, the stone an even warm yellow-
                         beige, wood stand (2)

                         Length 3⅞ in., 10 cm

                                                                     Ը๕
                         PROVENANCE
                         Spink & Son, London, 29th September 1982.   ŔűŪůŬġħġŔŰů炻ΐ㔎炻IJĺĹij⸜ĺ㚰ijĺ㖍
                         Collection of Florence (1920-2018) and Herbert (1917-2016)   ἃ伭ΐ㕗ġĩIJĺijıĮijıIJĹĪġ⍲崓ỗ䈡ġĩIJĺIJĸĮijıIJķĪɀ
                         Irving, no. 252.                            㫸暚ằ⃟㓞啷炻䶐嘇ijĶij
                         Exquisitely carved, the present boulder would have inspired its
                         viewers to contemplate nature from within the scholar’s studio.
                         Compare two related carvings sold in our London rooms, the
                         Þ rst on 14th October 1975, lot 277, the second on 16th June
                         1999, lot 830. A slightly taller example, carved with a walled
                         town in the distance, was exhibited in Chinese Jade Carving,
                         Hong Kong Museum of Art, 1983, cat. no. 238. See also a simpler
                         ‘landscape’ boulder sold at Christie’s Paris, 12th December 2018,
                         lot 652.
                         $ 20,000-30,000














































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