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3317 ẍ⣏⟲䘥䌱晐⼊晽ἄ䌱Ⱉ炻Ⱉ䞛⟲⢀炻Ⰼ㫉↮㖶ˤ㬋朊晽⇣
役Ⱉ枪嗽炻ⰙⲾ㨓↢炻℞ᶲẁ溶⥁楁炻䌳㭵ㇳ㌏⤪シῂ䞛侴
A CARVED WHITE JADE MOUNTAIN ⛸炻℞⼴Ḵἵ⤛㌏䴻侴䩳烊Ⱉ儘ᶲ炻ᶨẁṢ暁ㇳ㌏ᶨ䡑⣏
ẁ㟫㊦䳂侴ᶲ炻幓⼴㟫㧡㟫⮎丵丵烊Ⱉ儛ᶳ炻ḴẁṢ楽渧侴
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY 军ˤ䌱Ⱉ側朊晽⇣㳩暚梃㾹ⶫ炻ᶨẁṢㇳ㌏吓單ẁ喍䪁䩳暚
䪗炻ℑẁṢ奨㾹侴婆ˤἄ⑩⮷☐⣏㧋炻Ự⯨寸㺧炻晽⇣㳩
The irregular boulder is exquisitely carved as a mountain, 㙊炻䂌刚冒䃞炻䁢㶭ẋ⭖⺟䌱晽ᷳἛἄˤ栆Ụ柴㛸炻⍫侫⊿
depicting a mythical birthday scene of Xi Wangmu, The Queen Ṕ柌␴⚺啷㶭Ḧ昮䘥䌱晽ẁṢ䤅⢥Ⱉ㘗炻˪柌␴⚺㔯䈑卩
Mother of the West, receiving gifts from various immortals, all 厗˫炻⊿Ṕ2000⸜炻枩59ˤ
within a continuous mountainous landscape, strewn with bamboo
groves, pine trees and wutong emerging from rocky outcrops and
waterfalls cascading among the cliffs. The mountainous scene is
further dotted with grottos, a staircase and enlivened with verdant
vegetation, including the fruiting peach tree of longevity. The
stone is of an even milky-white tone with some russet inclusions.
7 º in. (18 cm.), high, stand, box

HK$1,000,000-1,500,000 US$130,000-190,000

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