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A PALE GREEN JADE BOULDER A FINE VERY PALE GREEN JADE ‘PRUNUS’ BRUSH WASHER
17th/18th century 18th century
Carved in relief with a scholar carrying a a branch with a peach over The thick-walled washer of triangular shape, carved as a gnarled trunk
his right shoulder, looking back at his boy attendant walking on a issuing intertwined openwork branches on the sides amongst prunus
mountain path, the craggy mountain with gnarled pine and wutong blossoms and buds, the stone of very pale green tone with minor
trees, the stone of pale green tone with some light brown veins, cloudy-white inclusions, wood stand. 13.8cm (5 1/2in) long. (2).
19.5cm (7 5/8in) long; together with a small jade scholar’s rock, Qing
dynasty, 8.5cm (3 1/4in) high. (2). £10,000 - 15,000
CNY91,000 - 140,000
£1,200 - 1,500
CNY11,000 - 14,000 Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價

Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價 十八世紀 青白玉雕梅花紋洗

十七/十八世紀 玉雕高士圖山子 及 清 玉雕賞石 一組兩件 The present washer is notable for its intricate carving of blossoming
prunus branches extending from a bowl in the form of a gnarled piece
See a related jade boulder illustrated in the Compendium of Collections of wood, and the fine quality of the stone. By carving the jagged
in the Palace Museum: Jade, 8, Beijing, 2011, no. 99; see also another prunus branches in the round, the craftsman created a remarkable
related example illustrated by Chang Li-tuan, The Refined Taste of vessel for the scholar’s studio. The design may have been inspired
the Emperor: Special Exhibition of Archaic and Pictorial Jades of the by rhinoceros-horn raft cups dating to the late Ming period, which
Ch’ing Court, Taipei, 1997, no.42. were often carved in a way that mimicked a hollowed segment of a
gnarled tree trunk detailed with naturalistic knots and twisting boughs.
A related jade boulder, 18th century, was sold at Christie’s London, Compare with a similar pale green jade prunus washer, 18th century,
9 November 2012, lot 1282. illustrated by R.Kleiner, Chinese Jades from the Collection of Alan and
Simone Hartman, Hong Kong, 1996, no.95. A related jade washer,
Qianlong, was sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong,
6 April 2016, lot 63.

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