PROPERTY FROM THE QUINCY CHUANG COLLECTION
A SUPERBLY CARVED WHITE JADE ‘RED CLIFF’ BOULDER

QIANLONG-JIAQING PERIOD (1736-1820)

Price realised HKD 504,000
Estimate
HKD 500,000 – HKD 700,000
Estimates do not reflect the final hammer price and do not include buyer's premium, and applicable taxes or artist's resale right. Please see Section D of the Conditions of Sale for full details.
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A SUPERBLY CARVED WHITE JADE ‘RED CLIFF’ BOULDER

QIANLONG-JIAQING PERIOD (1736-1820)

Price realised HKD 504,000
Closed: 30 May 2022
Price realised HKD 504,000
Closed: 30 May 2022
Details
A SUPERBLY CARVED WHITE JADE ‘RED CLIFF’ BOULDER
QIANLONG-JIAQING PERIOD (1736-1820)
The irregularly-shaped boulder is carved on the front with the scene from the poem 'The Red Cliff', in which the Song-dynasty poet Su Shi is depicted in a raft with his two companions looking out at vast rocky cliffs studded with pine trees at different levels, the details of the wispy clouds and waves represented by finely incised lines; the reverse side with a continuous landscape comprising a pavilion on jagged mountains.
6 3⁄4 in. (17.1 cm.) wide, hardwood stand, box
Provenance
Sold at Bonhams Hong Kong, 26 May 2007, lot 238

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