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L A C Q U E R • J A D E • B R O N Z E • I N K T H E R V I N G C O L L E C T I O N 髹金飾玉 - 歐雲伉儷珍藏

1116 A PALE GREENISH WHITE JADE BOULDER
CHINA, QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY

One side carved with three scholars traveling through a mountainous This fnely carved boulder is a superb example of the sensitivity of the
landscape amidst pine and prunus trees below a pavilion at the top, the eighteenth-century carvers in their use of the natural form of the stone
reverse with a deer below pine and a crane perched on a rock above, the to portray a literati-style landscape scene. During the Qianlong reign, the
stone of pale greenish white color with some opaque white mottling and Emperor requested that jade mountains, as well as plaques and panels with
areas of added russet color scenes of mountainous landscapes, take their artistic infuence from the
work of famous painters. The personal interest of the Emperor, as well as the
7æ in. (19.7 cm) high
increased availability of large pieces of Khotan jade after the pacifcation of
$50,000-70,000
the area in 1759, prompted a proliferation of production of jade boulders of
varying sizes exquisitely carved with delicate mountain scenes resembling
PROVENANCE
Spink & Son, Ltd., London, 1980. literati landscape paintings.
The Irving Collection, no. 336.
Compare the present carving to a group of jade mountains carved with
LITERATURE
landscape motifs from the Beijing Palace Museum Collection, illustrated in
Roger Keverne, Jade, London, 1991, p. 174, fg. 117
Jadeware (III), The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum,
Hong Kong, 1996, nos. 72-74.
清十八世紀 青白玉高士圖山子

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