PROPERTY OF A EUROPEAN COLLECTOR
A WHITE JADE MOUNTAIN
Details
A WHITE JADE MOUNTAIN
18TH CENTURY
The small boulder finely carved to one side with the Hehe Erxian on a mountainous path with an attendant divided by a Buddhistic Lion and cub, the craggy rocks and bolders on each side especially well defined revealing branches of pine, willow and wutong springing up from behind cliffs and ledges, the waterfall terminating with rolling waves, the sides highlighted with russet 'skin'
6 3/8in. (16.4cm.) wide
18TH CENTURY
The small boulder finely carved to one side with the Hehe Erxian on a mountainous path with an attendant divided by a Buddhistic Lion and cub, the craggy rocks and bolders on each side especially well defined revealing branches of pine, willow and wutong springing up from behind cliffs and ledges, the waterfall terminating with rolling waves, the sides highlighted with russet 'skin'
6 3/8in. (16.4cm.) wide
Literature
Spink and Son, Ltd, special exhibition The Minor Arts of China II, Catalogue, 1985, no. 215