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27     㶭ġġġ 䴻   A ‘CHICKEN BONE’ AND BLACK
                    䀓
                    曺    JADE ‘LAOZI’ INSCRIBED
                    䌱    BOULDER
                    晽
                    侩    QING DYNASTY
                    ⫸    the stone oriented as a horizontal mountain landscape, one side
                    榶    carved in high relief with a steep path cutting down the center,
                    䈃    a fortiÞ ed gate at the top of the path, Laozi astride a bu% alo
                    Ⱉ    traveling farther down the path accompanied by an attendant
                    ⫸    carrying a bundle and a double gourd on a stick, gnarled pine
                         trees growing from the craggy blu% s to either side, a poem
                         composed by the Qianlong Emperor inscribed on a rock face
                         overhead, the reverse carved with further high-relief pine trees,
                         incised vegetation, and a stream ß owing under a small openwork
                         bridge, the stone an opaque creamy beige with patches of russet
                         and black particularly to one side, zitan stand (2)

                         Length 7⅝ in., 19.2 cm

                                                                     Ը๕
                         PROVENANCE
                         Collection of Mrs. Christian Holmes (1871–1941).   ńũųŪŴŵŪŢůġʼnŰŭŮŦŴġ⣓ṢġĩIJĹĸIJĮIJĺĵIJĪġ㓞啷
                         The House of Jade, Ltd., (Charles Stanley Nott), New York.  ŕũŦġʼnŰŶŴŦġŰŧġŋŢťŦĭġōŵťįĭġĩńũŢųŭŦŴġŔŵŢůŭŦźġŏŰŵŵĪ炻
                         Collection of General Ralph C. Tobin (1890-1957).  䲸䲬
                         Sotheby’s Parke Bernet, 3rd-4th October 1972, lot 106.
                                                                     œŢŭűũġńįġŕŰţŪůġ⮯幵ġĩIJĹĺıĮIJĺĶĸĪġ㓞啷
                         Collection of Floyd and Josephine Segel.    喯⭴㭼ġőŢųŬŦġŃŦųůŦŵ炻IJĺĸij⸜IJı㚰Ĵ军ĵ㖍炻
                         Spink & Son, London, 19th February 1986.
                         Collection of Florence (1920-2018) and Herbert (1917-2016)   䶐嘇IJıķ
                                                                     ŇŭŰźťġ⍲ġŋŰŴŦűũŪůŦġŔŦŨŦŭġằ⃟㓞啷
                         Irving, no. 463.
                                                                     ŔűŪůŬġħġŔŰů炻ΐ㔎炻IJĺĹķ⸜ij㚰IJĺ㖍
                         EXHIBITED                                   ἃ伭ΐ㕗ġĩIJĺijıĮijıIJĹĪġ⍲崓ỗ䈡ġĩIJĺIJĸĮijıIJķĪɀ
                         Chinese Jade throughout the Ages, Victoria & Albert Museum,   㫸暚ằ⃟㓞啷炻䶐嘇ĵķĴ
                         London, 1975, cat. no. 451.
                         LITERATURE                                  ࢝ᚎ
                         ‘Chinese Jade throughout the Ages’, Transactions of the Oriental   ˪ńũŪůŦŴŦġŋŢťŦġŵũųŰŶŨũŰŶŵġŵũŦġłŨŦŴ˫炻䵕⣂⇑Ṇ
                         Ceramic Society, 1973-1975, vol. 40, London, 1976, p. 136.  ␴旧䇦ỗ䈡⌂䈑棐炻ΐ㔎炻IJĺĸĶ⸜炻䶐嘇ĵĶIJ
                         Barry Till and Paula Swart, ‘Mountain Retreats in Jade’, Arts of   ̈و
                         Asia, July-August 1986, p. 47.
                         Roger Keverne, ed., Jade, London, 1995, p. 175, Þ g. 119.  ˨ńũŪůŦŴŦġŋŢťŦġŵũųŰŶŨũŰŶŵġŵũŦġłŨŦŴ˩炻
                                                                     ˪ŕųŢůŴŢŤŵŪŰůŴġŰŧġŵũŦġŐųŪŦůŵŢŭġńŦųŢŮŪŤġŔŰŤŪŦŵźġ
                         $ 60,000-80,000                             IJĺĸĴĮIJĺĸĶ˫炻㛇ĵı炻ΐ㔎炻IJĺĸķ⸜炻枩IJĴķ
                        柴嬀ġĻ                                         ŃŢųųźġŕŪŭŭġ⍲ġőŢŶŭġŔŸŢųŵ炻˨ŎŰŶůŵŢŪůġœŦŵųŦŢŵŴġŪůġ
                        ⽉柴侩⫸榶䈃⚾                                      ŋŢťŦ˩炻˪łųŵŴġŰŧġłŴŪŢ˫炻ĸ军Ĺ㚰IJĺĹķ⸜炻枩ĵĸ
                                                                     œŰŨŦųġŌŦŷŦųůŦġ䶐炻˪ŋŢťŦ˫炻ΐ㔎炻IJĺĺĶ⸜炻
                        湫檖䔒䔒側⶚⎘
                                                                     枩IJĸĶ炻⚾IJIJĺ
                        䥡检㙓ᶳḅ䏛ᑅ
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                                                                     The present lot illustrated in ‘Chinese Jade
                                                                     Throughout the Ages’, The Transactions of
                                                                     the Oriental Ceramic Society, 1973-1975,
                                                                     vol. 40, London, p.136.
                                                                     㛔⑩⚾䣢㕤˨Chinese Jade Throughout
                                                                     the Ages˩炻˪Transactions of the
                                                                     Oriental Ceramic Society, 1973-1975˫炻
                                                                     㛇40炻ΐ㔎炻枩136

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