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Junkunc: Chinese Jade Carvings
New York |22 Sep 2020 | 09:30 AM EDT

Lot 213

A GREEN JADE 'BODHIDHARMA' BOULDER, QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PE RIOD
Estimate: 40,000 - 60,000 USD

A GREEN JADE 'BODHIDHARMA' BOULDER
QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD
清乾隆 青玉雕達摩面壁圖山子

the large vertical stone carved in high relief as a mountainous retreat detailed with jagged rocks and a gnarled pine tree, with
Bodhidharma seated cross-legged in a meditative posture in a grotto, cloaked in a loose robe concealing his hands, his face
portrayed with down-cast eyes and curled beard and eyebrows, the reverse carved with a pine tree growing beside a waterfall
running through the crevice of a rocky cliff, the stone an olive-green tone with some beige-brown inclusions

Height 8⅜ in., 21.3 cm

Provenance
Collection of Stephen Junkunc, III (d. 1978).

來源
史蒂芬•瓊肯三世（1978年逝）收藏

Catalogue Note
The present jade sculpture illustrates the legend of Bodhidharma, the 'First Patriarch' of Chan Buddhism in China. Bodhidharma,
also known as Damo in Chinese, is largely credited with transmitting Mahayana Buddhism to China from its westerly neighbors.
Accounts of his birthplace differ and include both Central and South Asian places as possibilities. According to the legend,
Bodhidharma traveled to China to propagate the Buddha's teachings. One day he at arrived the Shaolin Temple, but he was denied

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