A MASSIVE CHINESE SPINACH-GREEN JADE BOULDER CARVING

QIANLONG 1736-95

Well carved to one side with three figures riding mules and an attendant crossing a bridge, with large pine and maple trees bordering the path and two further mules amongst rocks above, a castellated wall enclosing a pagoda in the distance, the reverse with two figures, one carrying a yolk amongst rockwork and trees, a paper label for Spink & Son Ltd., raised on a reticulated fitted hardwood stand, 28cm. (2)

Provenance: formerly in the collection of David Cooper Esq., Monaco, purchased at Spink & Son Ltd. before 1982; sold in these rooms on 19th May 2010, lot 335.

Cf. A related spinach-green jade mountain carving from the collection of Miss H E Ionides was exhibited at The Royal Academy of Arts as part of the International Exhibition of Chinese Art, 1935-36, catalogue no.2785.