AN EXCEPTIONAL WHITE AND RUSSET JADE MOUNTAIN QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY of irregular boulder form, superbly worked in openwork to one side with pine and wutong trees and a scholar standing solitarily on a raised ledge with the head tilted back and looking up at a gnarled wutong branch issuing from the crevices of the jagged peak, the figure depicted holding a long staff and dressed in long robes, the reverse rendered with two cranes standing beneath an overhanging pine tree next to a steep gushing waterfall crashing against the craggy rockwork, the base detailed with a countersunk whirlpool, the stone of a pale celadon-white colour with grey inclusions and russet skin skilfully incorporated into the design of the boulder, wood stand 16.8 cm, 6 5/8 in.
AN EXCEPTIONAL WHITE AND RUSSET JADE MOUNTAIN QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY of irregular boulder form, superbly worked in openwork to one side with pine and wutong trees and a scholar standing solitarily on a raised ledge with the head tilted back and looking up at a gnarled wutong branch issuing from the crevices of the jagged peak, the figure depicted holding a long staff and dressed in long robes, the reverse rendered with two cranes standing beneath an overhanging pine tree next to a steep gushing waterfall crashing against the craggy rockwork, the base detailed with a countersunk whirlpool, the stone of a pale celadon-white colour with grey inclusions and russet skin skilfully incorporated into the design of the boulder, wood stand 16.8 cm, 6 5/8 in.
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