California Asian Art Auction California Asian Art Auction
 September 10, 2016  September 10, 2016

 Lot # 3150 
A NATURALISTIC WHITE JADE CARVED BOULDER    清 白玉隨形雕人物詩紋擺件


  • Dimension: Height with stand: 6 1/2 in (16.5 cm)
  • Estimate From: $1800
  • Estimate To: $3500

Of naturalistic pebble form, along the border with brownish-russet inclusion, the front carved in relief with an elder holding long staff in his hand with an official standing in a jagged mountain setting below the overhanging pine trees, near the elder standing a small goat turning its head backward and under the pine tree a crane flying towards the two men, the reverse with similarly pine trees decoration on the top and below it carved an poem inscription, the stone with natural white and russet tone and the boulder with natural contours and crevices of the mountainscape. Qing Dynasty period.