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PROPERTY FROM THE ALAN AND SIMONE HARTMAN
COLLECTION
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A CELADON AND RUSSET JADE 'FIGURAL' BOULDER 展覽：
19th century 波士頓美術館，2003年8月-2004年12月
The boulder of irregular shape and carved as a rounded rocky grotto
enclosing a Lohan with a wizened face dressed in long robes and 出版：
holding an open book in his left hand and looking towards a cauldron, Robert Kleiner著，Chinese Jades from the Collection of Alan and
all set amidst a mountainous landscape with gnarled trees and Simon Hartman，香港，1996年, 頁165, 圖版編號130
rockwork, the stone a pale green hue with attractive patches of russet.
6 1/4in (15.9cm) long; wood stand Jade carvings depicting Lohan figures amongst grottos were popular
throughout the Qing dynasty. Compare with an example in the Sir
$15,000 - 25,000 Joseph Hotung Collection, illustrated by J. Rawson, Chinese Jade,
London, 1995, p. 410, fig.1 and cat.no. 29:19. The author notes that
十九世紀 青白玉帶皮雕松蔭高士圖山子 the popularity of the subject matter was possibly attributed to an 18th
century wood block print Gu Yu Tu Pu ('Collection of Ancient Jade
Exhibited: Drawing'), ibid. p. 411.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, August 2003-December 2004

Published:
Robert Kleiner, Chinese Jades from the Collection of Alan and Simon
Hartman, Hong Kong, 1996, p. 165, cat. no. 130

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