The Family Collection of the late Countess Mountbatten of Burma
The Family Collection of the late Countess Mountbatten of Burma
Auction Closed
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
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22 cm wide