A RARE RETICULATED CELADON AND RUSSET JADE ‘DAOIST IMMORTAL’ MOUNTAIN

JIN DYNASTY (1115-1234)

Details

A RARE RETICULATED CELADON AND RUSSET JADE ‘DAOIST IMMORTAL’ MOUNTAIN
JIN DYNASTY (1115-1234)
5 11⁄16 in. (14.5 cm.) high, stand

Provenance

Sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 30 November 1980, lot 523
Sold at Christie's South Kensington, 04 December 1997, lot 335

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Lot Essay

The mountain is carved to simulate a Taihu rock with Shoulao above the Daoist immortal Han Xiangzi and a crouching deer amid lingzhi sprays. Compare to a similar jade mountain with Mi Fu bowing before a boulder, sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 28 May 2014, lot 3246.

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