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AN INSCRIBED TURQUOISE MOUNTAIN 清乾隆 松綠石雕「萬松疊翠」山子
QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD
來源：
well carved as a craggy mountain landscape, the boldly Joseph M. Morpugo，阿姆斯特丹，1975年10月21日
layered rocks superbly rendered with lush vegetation,
including pine trees and small lingzhi blooms issuing from 荷蘭私人收藏，1975年入藏，後於家族傳承
the ground, one side incised near the top with a four-
character inscription reading wansong diecui (‘myriad
pines in layers of greenery’), the reverse further decorated
a waterfall, the stone of a vibrant bluish-green colour with
brown striations
15.5 cm, 6⅛ in.
PROVENANCE
Joseph M. Morpugo, Amsterdam, 21st October 1975.
A Dutch private collection, acquired in 1975 and thence by
descent.

HK$ 500,000-700,000
US$ 64,000-89,500
Compare a similar turquoise mountain in the British
Museum, London, illustrated in Jessica Rawson, The British
Museum Book of Chinese Art, London, 1992, fig. 18; one
from the collection of Mr. Augustus L. Searle, now at the
Minneapolis Institute of Art, is published on the Museum’s
website, accession no. 32.47.3a,b; another was sold in out
London rooms, 4th May 1984, lot 360; and a smaller carving
attributed to the Kangxi period, was sold in our New York
rooms, 28th to 29th September 1989, lot 410.

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