清十八世紀 青白玉騎馬圖山子

finely carved to the front face as an upright mountainous landscape depicting equestrian figures trotting along rocky pathways, all below a small pavilion nestled in the mountain, the jagged cliffs and pathways arboured with blossoming pine and wutong trees, the reverse similarly carved, the base further detailed with uneven rockwork, the stone of a semi-translucent pale celadon tone with russet inclusions accentuating the rocks

倫敦佳士得1989年6月12日，編號467

The carving is in good condition with the exception of possible loss to a 5mm., section of the base of a tree (front face, lower middle) and a light polish to the outer surface.
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本品玉山隨形巧雕，雲松崖壁，潺澗流水，彷如仙隱之所，意境絕倫。此等山子為文人雅客案頭賞玩之物，形多奇巧，漫雕山水人物。此小中見大之品極見匠功。需依形而製，開分天地，巧隱玉瑕，層層琢雕，方可盡收清山秀水於寸石之中。本山子層層鏤雕，深處隱然透亮，玉質堅硬，尤見藝匠造詣非凡。

玉山珍玩，常置文人書閣、宮廷殿舍，觀者思緒，神遊玉雕山水之間。此類雕刻多取材畫作，故亦描寫浩然意境，抒天人合一，飄渺天地之胸懷。Robert Kleiner論述，文人足不出戶，亦可借玉山寄情自然之無窮盡，故此物深受文士騷客喜愛，詳見《Chinese Jades from the Collection of Alan and Simone Hartman》，香港，1996年，頁160。

可參考一較小作例，展於《宮廷之雅：清代仿古及畫意玉器特展圖錄》，國立故宮博物院，台北，1997年，編號40；另見一例，售於紐約蘇富比2005年3月31日，編號58；同可參考一白玉山子，一面雕駿馬圖，另一面飾童子牧牛圖，售於香港佳士得2009年12月1日，編號1997。