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RARE ET IMPORTANTE MONTAGNE EN JADE CELADON This exquisite large jade mountain is the type of scholar’s object
PALE that might have graced a table or display cabinet in the imperial
CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, EPOQUE QIANLONG (1736-1795) palace. During the Qianlong reign, the Emperor requested that jade
En forme de rocher, elle est entièrement sculptée en relief sur les mountains, as well as plaques and panels with scenes of mountainous
deux côtés de pavillons, cascades, arbustes et pins, parcourues landscapes, take their artistic infuence from the work of famous
par des sentiers sur lesquels cheminent ou s’arrêtent des pêcheurs, painters. Carvings of mountains can be found in a number of diferent
bucherons, paysans et lettrés.
sizes and depicting varied scenes representing idealized landscapes
Hauteur: 19 cm. (7Ω in.)
upon which the collector would contemplate. The virtuosity of the
Largeur: 20 cm. (7√ in.)
carver is demonstrated here with the remarkable depth and use of
relief carving to depict the layered mountain and three dimensional
€300,000-400,000 US$340,000-440,000
£260,000-350,000 scenes. The theme of yuqiao gengdu, the ‘Four Noble Occupations’:
the fsherman, woodcutter, farmer and scholar, is one of the most
PROVENANCE: appreciated subjects in the Chinese Wenren culture during the Ming
Previously from a French private collection, in the family since the 19th and Qing dynasties.
century by repute. Compare to another fnely carved spinach green jade boulder, dated
Qianlong period, sold frst in Christie’s New York, 20 September 2002,
A RARE AND IMPORTANT FINELY CARVED PALE CELADON
JADE ‘YUQIAO GENGDU’ MOUNTAIN lot 207, then in Christie’s Hong Kong, 27 May 2008, 1602. (fg. 1.)
CHINA, QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
清乾隆 青白玉渔樵耕读圖大山子
來源：法國私人舊藏，傳于十九世紀入藏

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