Lot 354
354
PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF A COLLECTOR
A CELADON JADE BOULDER carved in medium and high relief with two wandering figures beside a mountainous dwelling below an overhang, the reverse with standing and diving cranes, incised with a poetic inscription, the stone of greyish-green tone, 17th Century

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A CELADON JADE BOULDER carved in medium and high relief with two wandering figures beside a mountainous dwelling below an overhang, the reverse with standing and diving cranes, incised with a poetic inscription, the stone of greyish-green tone, 17th Century
24.5cm. high, wood stand

Lot Essay

The inscribed text is 'A Poem of Alchemy', which translates: A place, high as the mountain, for Immortals to practice alchemy in isolation. After creating the alchemy, the Immortals leave and this is the remain

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