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A RECTANGULAR JADE PENDANT WITH SEATED SCHOLARS Most pendants of this type have relatively low-relief decoration on
UNDER PINE both sides so this example can be considered fairly unusual, though
1800-1900 not unknown, in having the one side carved in extremely high relief
One side carved in high relief with two scholars seated at a table using the ‘skin’ of the pebble to highlight the design, whilst still
with a peach on a dish between them, a pine tree rises behind them, possessing the requisite low-relief calligraphy to the other.
along one vertical edge of the pendant, the upper branches wrapped
in mist or clouds, cleverly utilizing areas of the russet skin to highlight For another example utilizing the same ‘high’ and ‘low’ relief but
the scene, the reverse side with a fourteen-character inscription carved from a jade of black and white tone, see the exhibition
in low relief followed by the signature Zigang and within a simply catalogue, Virtuous Treasures, Chinese Jades for the Scholar’s Table,
delineated frame, pierced for suspension. 2 7/16in (6.1cm) high, box University Museum and Art Gallery, The University of Hong Kong, 17
November 2007 - 17 February 2008, pp. 162-163, no. 91, from the
$5,000 - 7,000 Michael S. L. Liu collection.

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