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四 4. Scroll weight, zhizhen, of boulder form, carved with the full moon setting amongst crested waves beside rockwork, pine tree and

wutong, beneath clouds, the reverse with a waterfall, lingzhi branches and wutong, the stone white and russet.

海 3 ⅜ inches, 8.6 cm high.
上 Qianlong, 1736-1795.
明

月 • From the collection of a German businessman who lived in China between 1894 and 1922, and thence by direct descent
圖
鎮 through the family. Several pieces from the same collection bear labels that indicate they may have once been in the Imperial
紙 Collection.
• A larger boulder with the full moon setting above waves with sages watching is illustrated by Yun Xi Zheng in The Collection

白 of Jades in the Tianjin City Art Museum, pl. 226, where the author suggests the subject is taken from the yearly high tide in
玉 Qiantangjiang, where the moon appear to set amongst the waves.

• A large figural boulder with a russet moon setting is illustrated by Xu Xiao Dong in Compendium of Collections in the Palace

乾 Museum, Jade, Vol. 8, Qing Dynasty, Gu Gong Inventory no. Gu 96146, no. 117, p. 154; a small boulder of similar design is
隆 illustrated by Yang Li Juan in The Deep Affection for Jade, The ROC Society of Art Collectors, no. 119, pp. 172/3.

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