THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
A MOTTLED GREEN JADE BOULDER
Details
A MOTTLED GREEN JADE BOULDER
late qing dynasty
Carved with two horses on a mountain path, each beneath a willow tree and a swirling cloud extending to the reverse, the rock issuing a waterfall and sprays of pine and sterculia, the reverse with a sterculia and a pine tree on rocky outcrops divided by a waterfall, the stone with paler and russet inclusions
14½in. (37cm.) long
late qing dynasty
Carved with two horses on a mountain path, each beneath a willow tree and a swirling cloud extending to the reverse, the rock issuing a waterfall and sprays of pine and sterculia, the reverse with a sterculia and a pine tree on rocky outcrops divided by a waterfall, the stone with paler and russet inclusions
14½in. (37cm.) long
Provenance
The Summer Palace, Beijing, by family tradition since the 19th Century