Lot 53
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ROCHER SCULPTE EN JADE CELADON PALE ET ROUILLE
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ROCHER SCULPTE EN JADE CELADON PALE ET ROUILLE

CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, XVIIIEME SIECLE

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ROCHER SCULPTE EN JADE CELADON PALE ET ROUILLE
CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, XVIIIEME SIECLE
L'avers à décor sculpté de paysan bêchant la terre, dans un paysage de montagnes rocheuses agrémenté de fleurs, arbres et arbustes, le revers orné de rochers, socle en bois ; une toute petite égrenure
Hauteur: 17,3 cm. (6 7/8 in.)
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A PALE CELADON AND RUSSET JADE BOULDER
CHINA, QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY

Lot Essay

Carved boulders of this type may be found in a variety of sizes, representing miniature idealised landscapes upon which the scholar-collector could contemplate and escape. As R. Kleiner mentions in Chinese Jades from the Collection of Alan and Simone Hartman, Hong Kong, 1996, p. 160, "they complement the miniature gardens and trees cultivated by most scholars."

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