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A LARGE INSCRIBED MOTTLED GREYISH GREEN AND WHITE JADE BOULDER
Lot 1176THE FLORENCE AND HERBERT IRVING COLLECTION

A LARGE INSCRIBED MOTTLED GREYISH GREEN AND WHITE JADE BOULDER

CHINA, QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY

Fermé21 March 2019

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A LARGE INSCRIBED MOTTLED GREYISH GREEN AND WHITE JADE BOULDER
CHINA, QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY
The front well carved with two scholars crossing a rocky ledge below a pavilion, with a five-character inscription carved in a line to the left of the wutong tree in the center near a waterfall that empties into a natural pool in the rocks, all below a lengthy poetic inscription inscribed on a plain rock face above, the reverse carved with a bridge and trees amidst further rock faces, the stone of pale grey-green color with opaque areas of ivory color
9 ½ in. (24.1 cm.) wide, fitted walnut stand

From the Collection of Major John Court and formerly in the Floyd Segel Collection.
The Irving Collection.

Note du spécialiste

The five-character inscription reads Wu Shan di yi quan and may be translated, "the number one stream of Mt. Wu," and the poetic inscription refers to the scene.