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PROPERTY OF A DISTINGUISHED EUROPEAN LADY (LOTS 44-46)
44 PROVENANCE:
A FINELY-CARVED PALE CELADON JADE MOUNTAIN Collezione Oddasso, Roma, N. 19 label to base.
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795) From the collection of a distinguished European lady.
The irregular boulder is exquisitely carved and pierced in the form of a 清乾隆 青白玉山水高士圖山子
mountainous landscape, strewn with pine trees, wutong and fruiting peach
branches emerging from jagged rocks, with a waterfall cascading among the 來源: 歐洲貴族私人珍藏,羅馬Oddasso珍藏
clifs to one side. Various scholarly fgures inhabit the landscape, with two
immortals riding down the waterfall and an immortal foating on a cloud to
each side. The stone is of a very pale even tone, with a softly polished fnish.
6 in. (15.3 cm.) high, carved hardwood stand
£10,000-15,000 $15,000-21,000
€13,000-19,000
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