Fine Asian Art - 14th November 2023
Lot 77
A MASSIVE CHINESE SPINACH-GREEN JADE BOULDER CARVING
Estimate £30,000 - £50,000
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Description
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: from a deceased estate, Hampshire; formerly in the collection of David Cooper Esq., Monaco, purchased at Spink & Son Ltd., later sold in these rooms on 19th May 2010, lot 335.
Published: Spink & Son Ltd. An Exhibition of Fine Jade, 1981, p.24, no.76.
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.