Page 47 - Chinese Jades Nov 30 2017 Hong Kong

40

A CELADON AND GREY JADE ‘ROCKWORK’
PAPERWEIGHT
MING DYNASTY
the horizontally orientated stone of irregular form, modelled
with a central peak and craggy sides resembling a scholar’s
rock, the pale greyish celadon stone extensively marked with
black striations
12.2 cm, 4¾ in.
HK$ 30,000-50,000
US$ 3,850-6,500
Small jade brush rests worked in the form of naturally
occuring, evocatively shaped limestone rocks, were popular
scholars’ objects. See a similar but pierced Ming dynasty
example sold in these rooms, 7th April 2014, lot 3688. For a
Qianlong reign-marked pale green jade brush rest preserved
in the Palace Museum, Beijing, see Chuimei Ho and Bennet
Bronson, Splendors of China’s Forbidden City. The Glorious
Reign of Emperor Qianlong, London and New York, 2004, p.
90, pl. 98.
明 灰青玉雕賞石鎮紙

40

41

A CELADON JADE CARVING OF A
SCHOLAR’S ROCK
LATE MING – EARLY QING DYNASTY

standing on a narrowing foot and expanding towards the top,
perforated with irregular openings, the stone of a pale celadon
tone suffused with milky-caramel inclusions simulating the
wrinkled texture of a rock
5.6 cm, 2¼ in.
HK$ 30,000-40,000
US$ 3,850-5,200
明末至清初 青白玉鏤雕賞石

41

AN ASIAN COLLECTION OF JADE CARVINGS 45