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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE NORTH AMERICAN COLLECTION
962
A RARE AND FINELY CARVED PALE GREENISH-WHITE JADE
CARVING OF DAMO IN A GROTTO
18TH-19TH CENTURY
The front is well and deeply carved with Damo shown seated in contemplation on a mat on
the ledge of a cave with his hands hidden within the sleeves of his robe and wearing a cowl,
with his shoes to one side and his gnarled staff tucked behind him. A pine tree grows just
beyond the cave opening and a lengthy inscription that refers to the scene is carved on the fat
rock face above. The reverse is carved with further layered rock faces. The pale greenish-white
stone has areas of opaque white mottling on the reverse.
8 in. (20.3 cm.) high
$100,000-150,000
PROVENANCE
Acquired before 1950 and thence by descent within the family.
清十八/十九世紀 青白玉雕達摩面壁圖山子
Fig.1 Qing Gaozong Yuzhi Shiwen Quanji (Anthology of Imperial Qianlong Poems), Yuzhi Shi San Ji (Imperial Poems, vol. 3), juan 54, p. 11.
74 FINE CHINESE JADE CARVINGS from Private Collections
