The Family Collection of the late Countess Mountbatten of Burma

The Family Collection of the late Countess Mountbatten of Burma

View full screen - View 1 of Lot 239. A rare carved lapis-lazuli boulder, Qing Dynasty, 18th/19th century | 清十八/十九世紀 青金石松山高士圖山子.

A rare carved lapis-lazuli boulder, Qing Dynasty, 18th/19th century | 清十八/十九世紀 青金石松山高士圖山子

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March 24, 08:41 PM GMT

Estimate

6,000 - 8,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

A rare carved lapis-lazuli boulder

Qing Dynasty, 18th/19th century

清十八/十九世紀 青金石松山高士圖山子


the stone of irregular triangular shape, deeply carved in the round as a craggy mountain landscape set with gnarled pine trees, one side depicting an immortal wading over a turbulent stream on a bamboo raft beneath high cliffs, the other side with gnarled trees and lingzhi issuing from rocks, the stone an even blue colour speckled with gold flecks, wood stand 

2

22 cm wide

Sir Ernest Cassel (1852-1921).