A FINE CHINESE WHITE JADE 'RED CLIFF' BOULDER CARVING

£25,000 - £35,000

£29,180

A FINE CHINESE WHITE JADE 'RED CLIFF' BOULDER CARVING
JIAQING 1796-1820

Carved to the front with a scene from the poem 'The Red Cliff', depicting the poet Su Shi in a raft with two companions and an oarsman amongst crested waves before vast rocky cliffs and pine trees, the reverse carved with a continuous landscape comprising a pavilion amongst pine and wutong trees and wispy clouds, the stone with some russet inclusions, with a wood stand, 17.8cm. (2)

Formerly from the collection of Quincy Chuang.

Cf. National Palace Museum, The Refined Taste of the Emperor: Special Exhibition of Archaic and Pictorial Jades of the Ch'ing Court, p.160-161, no.49 for a related jade boulder carving.

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來源：莊貴侖先生舊藏。