Important rocher en jade céladon pâle et rouille Chine, dynastie Qing, XVIIIE siècle

de forme ovale aplatie, les deux faces artistiquement sculptées, les inclusions rouille de la pierre habilement utilisées, l'une à décor de Shoulao accompagné d'un serviteur sur un sentier dans un paysage escarpé planté d'arbres et parcouru d'une rivière, le revers représentant un couple de daims sur la rive, le mâle debout montant la garde, la femelle couchée à ses pieds auprès de lingzhi, la pierre d'une belle couleur uniforme au doux poli

The boulder in good overall condition with a 17cm long natural crack to the stone along the top russet inclusion. The actual color is more celadon than the catalogue illustration would suggest.
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