A pale green jade 'scholar' mountain Qing dynasty, 18th century | 清十八世紀 青白玉山溪洗硯圖山子

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A pale green jade 'scholar' mountain

Qing dynasty, 18th century

清十八世紀 青白玉山溪洗硯圖山子

crisply carved with a standing scholar pointing at a river accompanied by a kneeling attendant about to wash an inkstone, the reverse with an attendant fanning a stove with a teapot on top next to a reclining crane below a flying crane, all set in a craggy mountainous landscape with growing branches of pine and wutong trees, and sprays of lingzhi and bamboo, the greenish-white stone with russet markings

16.8 cm