CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, EPOQUE QIANLONG (1736-1795)

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MONTAGNE DE LETTRE INSCRITE EN LAPIS LAZULI
CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, EPOQUE QIANLONG (1736-1795)
Le rocher est entièrement sculpté en relief sur les deux côtés de grands pins tortueux, la partie supérieure est inscrite d'un poème de l'empereur Qianlong intitulé 'Le pin Wu Dafu'.
Longueur: 23 cm. (9 in.)

Provenance

Previously in a German private collection.

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Further details

AN INSCRIBED 'PINE TREE' LAPIS LAZULI SCHOLAR'S MOUNTAIN
CHINA, QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)

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Lot Essay

A related lapis lazuli boulder carved with similar decoration in the collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing, is illustrated in Zhongguo Yuqi Quanji - 6 - Qing, Hebei, 1991, p. 180, no. 262, where it is dated middle Qing dynasty.

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