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A CARVED WHITE JADE ‘SCHOLAR’ BOULDER
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
The boulder is carved as a rocky mountain with a scholar seated beside a smoking censer
and accompanied by a boy attendant, below a pine tree next to a streaming waterfall. The
reverse is carved to depict a scholar holding a staff followed by an attendant, traveling on a
rocky path beneath a pine tree.
6 ¿ in. (15.6 cm.) high, box
HK$800,000-1,000,000 US$110,000-130,000
清十八世紀 白玉雕高士觀瀑圖山子
(another view 另一面)
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