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A SUPERB AND VERY LARGE CELADON Literature comparison: A slightly smaller boulder
AND RUSSET ‘SEVEN IMMORTALS’ JADE of similar shape and composition of three sages,
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MOUNTAIN, 17 – 18 CENTURY is illustrated by Roger Keverne (ed.), Jade,
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Nephrite of intense celadon color with several London, 1991, p. 174, fig. 117. Jade boulders
areas of deep russet cleverly highlighting the of this type range considerably in size, with the
carving as well as a few opaque sand-colored largest and most famous in the collection of the
veins. Excellent patina and smooth surface polish, Palace Museum, Beijing, measuring over seven
as expected on a late Ming / early Qing jade. feet tall and three feet wide; cf. Zhongguo Yuqi
Exquisitely carved in high relief with several areas Quanji, vol. 6, no. 255; and nos. 252-256 for the
of openwork and some reticulated sections. series of boulders in the Palace collection. Cf.
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China, 17 -18 century a boulder of similar shape and size, included in
the exhibition The Refined Taste of the Emperor:
Depiction of the seven immortals e. g. the Seven Special Exhibition of Archaic and Pictorial Jades
True Daoists of the North, followed by two of the Ch’ing Court, National Palace Museum,
assistants carrying a pile of books and a scroll, Taipei, 1997, illustrated in the Catalogue, no.
climbing a mountain path towards a pavilion 47. An extensive range of large white, celadon
near the summit, all within a craggy landscape of and spinach green jade boulders is illustrated
layered rocks and crevices with scattered wutong in A Romance with Jade from the De An Tang
and pine trees, a waterfall emerging beneath. Collection, Hong Kong, 2004, pls. 41-42, 47,
Two of the scholars are taking a short break from 49-51, 55, 60-61, 66, and 69-70. Specifically
the climb to play a game of weiqi inside a small compare this scene with one depicted on a
grotto. massive jade mountain in the Palace Museum,
The reverse with a pair of deer under a dominant Beijing, illustrated in Complete Treasures of the
pine tree on a rocky outcrop, sided by several Palace Museum, Jadeware (III), Hong Kong,
lingzhi fungi and a smaller wutong tree, and 1995, no. 77.
two cranes, one standing on a rock and holding
lingzhi in his beak, the other flying above the Auction results comparison: A number of
scenery, the massive rockwork rendered in large boulders, sometimes even with imperial
varying layers of relief. inscriptions, have been sold at auction. For
Jade is a material that from ancient times has example: The Imperial Sale Important Chinese
been associated with longevity and immortality. Ceramics and Works of Art. Christies, Hong
It is therefore a particularly appropriate Kong, 31 May 2010, lot 1900. (for a large
medium from which to carve representations jade mountain, showing a similar pattern of
of the mountainous realm of the Daoist russet and celadon colors) Important Chinese
immortals. During the Qianlong reign, the Jades from the Personal Collection of Alan and
emperor requested that jade mountains, as Simone Hartman Part II. Christies, Hong Kong,
well as plaques and panels with mountainous 27 November 2007, lot 1509. (for a comparably
landscapes, should take their artistic influence large celadon jade mountain)
from the work of famous painters.
Carvings of mountains can be found in a number IJĸ军IJĹᶾ䲨曺䌱晽ȿℐ䛇ᶫ⫸ȿ䌱⫸
of different sizes and depicting varied scenes ␴䓘曺䌱炻墸刚㰩溆䵜㔜柮Ⱉ⫸炻⡆㶣⸦↮刚
representing idealized landscapes upon which ⼑ˤẍ㘂㖶İ㶭⇅䘬⸜ẋ侴妨炻㬌Ⱉ⫸℟㚱㤝Ἓ 㔯䌣㭼庫烉ᶨᾳ⮷✳Ữ䚠Ụ⼊䉨䘬Ⱉ⫸炻夳
the collector could contemplate. The virtuosity 䘬⊭㻧⍲⃱㹹䘬堐朊ˤ䱦䳘䘬檀㴖晽炻⍲悐↮ œŰŨŦųġŌŦŷŦųůŦġ叿˪䌱˫炻ΐ㔎炻IJĺĺIJ⸜炻䫔IJĸĵ
of the carver is demonstrated here with the 掌晽ˤ 枩炻⚾IJIJĸˤᶨᾳ㚨⣏✳ᶼ䞍⎵䘬Ⱉ⫸㕤⊿Ṕ㓭
remarkable depth and use of the relief carving ᷕ⚳炻IJĸĮIJĹᶾ䲨 ⭖⌂䈑昊㇨啷炻夳˪ᷕ⚳䌱☐ℐ普˫炻⌟ķ炻䶐
to depict the layered mountain and three- ℐ䛇ᶫ⫸⛐ⲯⰙⲣⵢ䘬檀Ⱉᶲ炻䑘丆䘬㡏㟸㧡 嘇ijijĶ炻℞Ṿ⊿Ṕ㓭⭖⌂䈑昊啷Ⱉ⫸炻⎗夳䶐嘇
dimensional scenes, cleverly using the intense ᶳ炻⢗䡑䘬㾹ⶫ㕩炻岆㘗⏇娑ˤ忻昊⯙⛐ᶵ怈 ijĶij军ijĶķˤ⎎ᶨᾳ䚠Ụ忈✳冯⣏⮷䘬Ⱉ⫸炻⯽
russet inclusions to even enhance the latter. 嗽ˤℑỵ⻇⫸⇯⛐ᶨ㕩䘬ⶐ䞛ᶳ⮵⺰ˤ ↢㕤⎘⊿㓭⭖⌂䈑昊˪⭖⺟ᷳ晭烉㶭ẋầ⎌⍲
On the present boulder the theme of longevity 側朊⇯㗗ᶨ⮵ẁ渧⛐䡑⣏䘬㜦㧡ᶳẹㅑ炻⚃␐ 䔓シ䌱☐䈡⯽˫炻㓞抬㕤娚䚖抬炻䶐嘇ĵĸˤᶨ
is clearly evident with the depiction of the 䑘丆叿曰剅⍲庫⮷䘬㡏㟸㧡炻ẍ⍲ℑ晣ẁ浜炻 ᾳ⣏朊䧵䘬䘥㶭䡏䌱Ⱉ⫸⇯塓㓞抬㕤˪䌱䶋烉
immortals on the main side and the deer under a ℞ᷕᶨ晣◜┋曰剅炻⎎ᶨ晣⇯⯽佭檀梃ˤⲘ⵺ ⽟⬱➪啷䌱˫炻楁㷗炻ijııĵ⸜炻⚾䇰ĵIJĮĵIJˣĵĸ
pine tree on the reverse. The elongated form of 晬῱䘬佌Ⱉ炻Ⰼ㫉↮㖶炻慵⵺䔲⴪ˤ ˣĵĺĮĶIJˣĶĶˣķıĮķIJˣķķẍ⍲ķĺĮĸıˤ⎎ᶨᾳ㍷丒
the boulder and the skillful layering of rockwork 䌱㕁冒⎌ὧ㚱攟⢥冯㯠䓇䘬⭻シ炻朆ⷠ怑䓐㕤 䚠Ụ㘗刚䘬Ⱉ⫸炻㓞抬㕤⊿Ṕ㓭⭖⌂䈑昊˪䌱
help to create a magical atmosphere, thereby 晽⟹Ⱉ㯜冯忻㔁Ṣ䈑ˤḦ昮⛐ỵ㗪㛇炻朆ⷠ慵 ☐ĩᶳĪ˫炻楁㷗炻IJĺĺĶ⸜炻䶐嘇ĸĸˤ
contributing to the Daoist themes of mysticism 夾䌱☐㔯⊾炻ᶵ㚱⣂椾娈䌱娑炻㚜奒冒㑘⮓ 栆Ụ㉵⑩烉ᶨᾳ⣏✳䌱Ⱉ⫸炻℟㚱栆Ụ䘬墸刚
and immortality. ˪㏊⛕婒˫ˣ˪⛕䏩婒˫炻⮵䌱ᷳ䅙ッ炻⎗夳 䲳䎮⍲曺刚⸽炻夳Ἓ⢓⼿˪慵天ᷕ⚳⽉墥䒟☐
ᶨ㔹ˤ 冯ⶍ喅䱦⑩˫炻楁㷗炻ijıIJı⸜Ķ㚰ĴIJ㖍炻㉵⑩䶐
Shape: Boulder 晽Ⱉ⫸㚱朆ⷠ⣂䧖⣏⮷⍲⣂⃫䘬柴㛸ˤ㬌Ⱉ⫸ 嘇IJĺııˤ⎎⢾ᶨᾳ⣏✳䌱Ⱉ⫸炻夳Ἓ⢓⼿˪łŭŢů
Dimensions: Length 32 cm. Height 21 cm 䘬晽≇䱦㸃ˣⶍ㱽䳘兑炻忳䓐㴖晽⏰䎦佌Ⱉ䘬 冯ŔŪŮŰůŦġʼnŢųŵŮŢůᾳṢ㓞啷慵天ᷕ⚳䌱☐ĩḴĪ˫
Weight: 7700 grams Ⰼ㫉炻⻟⊾夾奢䩳橼デ炻᷎ⶏ⥁䘬⇑䓐墸刚㰩 炻楁㷗炻ijııĸ⸜炻㉵⑩䶐嘇IJĶıĺˤ
Condition: Excellent condition. Several natural 溆䵜㔜ẞἄ⑩炻⣑䃞䌱䞛䲳䎮圵ℍ檀Ⱉ伶㘗炻
veins, which over time may have developed ⡆㶣⸦↮刚⼑ˤ EstimateġEUR 8.000,-
into minor hairlines. A few of these show tiny ⼊䉨烉Ⱉ⫸ Starting price EUR 4.000,-
remainders of old wax fill ⯢⮠烉攟Ĵij⍀䰛炻⮔ijIJ⍀䰛
Provenance: Property from an old Swiss private 慵慷烉ĸĸıı⃳
collection. Previously bought at Nagel auctions, ⑩䚠㤝Ἓ炻ṃ姙⣑䃞䴚䉨䲳䎮ˤ
Stuttgart 䐆⢓䥩Ṣ㓞啷炻㕤⽟⚳⎠⼺≈䈡ŏŢŨŦŭ㉵岋埴
岤ℍˤ

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