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
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
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