A SMALL CHINESE WHITE JADE 'MOUNTAIN' CARVING

QIANLONG 1736-95

Formed as a rocky cliff face, carved in relief to one side with a pair of deer, the stag gazing back at the doe, with small stars incised to the animals' bodies, the reverse with a twisting gnarled pine tree, with one branch extending over the top of the cliff, the stone with some minor pale and russet inclusions, together with a wood stand, 6cm. (2)

Provenance: from the collection of Sir Archibald John Boyd (1889?-1959) and Lady Boyd, and thence by descent.