J.J. Lally & Co., Oriental Art / New York City, New York
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Chinese Art from the Scholar’s Studio
March 13 - April 11, 2015
70.
A MOTTLED PALE CELADON JADE BRUSHPOT
Qianlong - Jiaqing Period, Late 18th-Early 19th Century
deeply carved with a continuous scene of sages and immortals, several gathering lingzhi fungus near a small pavilion with peaked roof, two others standing near a waterfall viewing a handscroll, all in an idealized mountain landscape with gnarled pine and wutong trees growing amidst jagged rocky cliffs rising to drifting clouds beneath the thick rounded rim, the flattened base also carved as rockwork, of cloudy pale greenish white tone with tan mottling throughout.
Height 5 1⁄4 inches (13.4 cm)
Provenance
Collection of Thomas Barlow Walker (1840-1928), Minneapolis
Published
Jades of the T.B. Walker Collection at the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota, n.d., pp. 63-64, cat. no. 65 [x.127]
乾隆－嘉慶時期 青玉雕山水人物筆筒 高 13.4 厘米
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70.
A MOTTLED PALE CELADON JADE BRUSHPOT
Qianlong - Jiaqing Period, Late 18th-Early 19th Century
Height 5 1⁄4 inches (13.4 cm)