Lot Essay
The poem alludes to the joy of friendship and studying with friends.
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1800-1900
Details
A CARVED WHITE JADE BOTTLE
1800-1900
Of rectangular shape, carved on one side with a scholar on a mule with attendant under a pine, the reverse with a twenty-character poem in seal script, one of the narrow sides carved with a feline chasing a bug in a garden, the other with a fenghuang and bamboo, the stone of even white tone, stopper
2¾in. (7cm.) high
1800-1900
Of rectangular shape, carved on one side with a scholar on a mule with attendant under a pine, the reverse with a twenty-character poem in seal script, one of the narrow sides carved with a feline chasing a bug in a garden, the other with a fenghuang and bamboo, the stone of even white tone, stopper
2¾in. (7cm.) high
Provenance
Hilda Somers Collection, acquired 1947.