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

Lot 238

A LARGE PALE GREEN JADE 'IMMORTALS' MOUN TAIN, QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PE RIOD
Estimate: 100,000 - 150,000 USD

A LARGE PALE GREEN JADE 'IMMORTALS' MOUNTAIN
QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD
清乾隆 青玉雕仙山聚瑞圖山子

one side with an attendant and a deer carrying peaches following on a mountain path toward Shoulao holding a staff in one hand
and a peach in the other, all below a distant pavilion with two further immortals and an attendant, the other side decorated with a
crane standing on one leg with its head turned upward facing another crane in flight, all set within a mountainous landscape of
various trees and jagged rocks, the lustrously polished stone with some faint russet patches

Height 7½ in., 19 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 vertical composition of this boulder, which has been dexterously carved in varying levels of relief, cleverly creates a sense of
recession and vast space while utilizing the maximum amount of the precious material. In subject it captures an idealized
landscape in miniature form, ingeniously incorporating into the design the natural features of the stone. The visual vocabulary on

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