19TH CENTURY

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A CARVED LAPIS LAZULI MOUNTAIN
19TH CENTURY
Deeply carved on the front with a sage and two attendants traversing a bridge on their way to a pavilion nestled amidst trees, while a third attendant ascends a path higher up the mountain side that leads to a terrace on the reverse where two cranes await, above pine, bamboo and two deer standing on a ledge below
11 in. (28 cm.) wide, wood stand

Provenance

Private collection formed in Asia prior to WWII, and thence by descent within the family.

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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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