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17 㶭ġġġ 曺 A CELADON JADE ‘LUOHAN’
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䫔 INSCRIBED BOULDER
⋩ QING DYNASTY
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旧 carved after the Tang dynasty painter Guanxiu’s iconic painting 柴嬀ġĻ
⽭ of Abheda, and inscribed with colophons composed by the 䫔⋩ℕỵ旧⽭忼⮲侭
忼 Qianlong Emperor, the large vertical stone carved in high relief
⮲ as a grotto sheltering Abheda, the adept carved mostly in the ẍ㰰㯜楁ġ䁟㉀儛溶
侭 round and shown in three-quarter view seated on a boulder ᶱ啷曰㔯ġ廱⻰㊯枫
Ⱉ covered with a mat, the body wrapped in a loose robe secured 㱽⯂ᶵỷġỽ⁷⎗䔁
⫸ at one shoulder and the feet in strap sandals, the right hand
raised to the bare chest, the left hand holding a sutra, the face ⓷婘⣂ḳġ㚘㬌屓ẹ
with long eyebrows brushing against the wrinkled cheeks, a
pronounced cranium, and pendulous ears with a ring through Ⓒ屓ẹ䔓˪⋩ℕㅱ䛇⁷˫炻夳˪⭋␴䔓嬄˫ˤ冒⺋
the right lobe, a ß at rock nearby serving as an altar supporting 㖶军Ṳ✪⋫⸜炻㳩⁛㴁ᷕ炻ὃ啷㕤拊⠀俾⚈⮢炻
a small box and a censer emitting a wisp of incense smoke, the Ḧ昮ᶩᶹẚ㗍⋿ⶉ炻楸大㷾埴⭖炻娋⮢䝣䥖炻⚈ᶨ
pronounced boulder overhead incised with two inscriptions each
accompanied by seals, the reverse carved as a jagged rock face ⯽奨炻ᾉ⣯䫮ḇˤ䫔⮲侭⎵嘇炻㱧嬗䴻ᷳ冲炻㛒⎰
and incised at the top with a long inscription followed by two 㡝⣦㛔枛炻℞⎵㫉⇵⼴炻Ṏ冯䪈▱⚳ⷓ㒂㡝䴻㇨
seals, the stone an opaque pale celadon turning to creamy beige ⭂Ḻ䔘ˤ䇘ẍṲ⭂˪⎴㔯枣䴙˫⎰枛⫿炻᷎ỵ㫉㲐
in the areas of highest relief
㕤⍇会㧁嬀ᷳᶳ炻⎬柴ẍ岲炻慵䁢㚠䰌炻ṵ㬠⮢ᷕ
⁛ᶾ㯠⮞ˤ⣓⚃⣏㛔䃉炻䔓㕤ỽ㚱炻ṵ㕌㕌㕤⎵䚠
Height 9⅝ in., 24.5 cm
㔯⫿ᷳ⇍炻⼿㭳䁢媠┬侭㇨姞俞烎⽉嬀ˤ
⌘㔯ġĻ
PROVENANCE
Collection of Captain Vivian Buckley-Johnson (d. 1968). ょ䱦ょᶨġḦ昮⭠侘ġ㯜㚰ℑ㼬㖶ġ⮓⽫ġ⼿⣏冒⛐ġ
Mount Trust Collection. ⤪⤪ġ㝻侘
Collection of Floyd and Josephine Segel. Ը๕
Spink & Son, London, 4th April 1986.
Collection of Florence (1920-2018) and Herbert (1917-2016) ńŢűŵŢŪůġŗŪŷŪŢůġŃŶŤŬŭŦźĮŋŰũůŴŰůġĩIJĺķĹ⸜必ġĪġ㓞啷
Irving, no. 453. ŎŰŶůŵġŕųŶŴŵġ㓞啷
ŇŭŰźťġ⍲ġŋŰŴŦűũŪůŦġŔŦŨŦŭġằ⃟㓞啷
EXHIBITED
ŔűŪůŬġħġŔŰů炻ΐ㔎炻IJĺĹķ⸜ĵ㚰ĵ㖍
Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 1970.
ἃ伭ΐ㕗ġĩIJĺijıĮijıIJĹĪġ⍲崓ỗ䈡ġĩIJĺIJĸĮijıIJķĪɀ
LITERATURE 㫸暚ằ⃟㓞啷炻䶐嘇ĵĶĴ
Barry Till and Paula Swart, ‘Mountain Retreats in Jade’, Arts of ࢝ᚎ
Asia, July-August 1986, p. 52 and front cover.
䵕⣂⇑Ṇ␴旧䇦ỗ䈡⌂䈑棐炻ΐ㔎炻IJĺĸı⸜
Roger Keverne, ed., Jade, London, 1995, p. 145, Þ g. 41.
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$ 100,000-150,000
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ŋŢťŦ˩炻˪łųŵŴġŰŧġłŴŪŢ˫炻ĸ军Ĺ㚰IJĺĹķ⸜炻枩Ķij
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枩IJĵĶ炻⚾ĵIJ

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