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A PALE CELADON JADE MOUNTAIN DEPICTING THE 'RED CLIFF' 18th/19th century; later inscription image 1
A PALE CELADON JADE MOUNTAIN DEPICTING THE 'RED CLIFF' 18th/19th century; later inscription image 2
A PALE CELADON JADE MOUNTAIN DEPICTING THE 'RED CLIFF' 18th/19th century; later inscription image 3
A PALE CELADON JADE MOUNTAIN DEPICTING THE 'RED CLIFF' 18th/19th century; later inscription image 4
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A PALE CELADON JADE MOUNTAIN DEPICTING THE 'RED CLIFF'
18th/19th century; later inscription

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A PALE CELADON JADE MOUNTAIN DEPICTING THE 'RED CLIFF'

18th/19th century; later inscription
Carved in deep relief on one side four figures riding in a small boat beneath high cliffs in a ragged landscape, with a poem inscribed on the rockwork referring to the "Former Ode to the Red Cliff", the reverse carved with a pavilion set in a mountain landscape, the 'skin' of the pebble cleverly incorporated to the carving showing areas of opaque brown on top of the mountains and at base, the translucent onion-white stone with natural inclusions.
7 1/in (18.1cm) high; 10 1/8in (25.8cm) wide; wood stand

Footnotes

十九世紀 青玉《前赤壁圖》山子 後刻銘文

Provenance
Sotheby's Toronto, 1 April 1981, lot 423

Exhibited
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, August 2003-December 2004

Published
Robert Kleiner, Chinese Jades from the Collection of Alan and Simone Hartman, Hong Kong, 1996, no. 127

来源
多倫多蘇富比,1981年4月1日,拍品編號423

展覽
波士頓美術館,2003年8月-2004年12月

出版
Robert Kleiner,Chinese Jades from the Collection of Alan and Simone Hartman,香港,1996年,圖版編號127

款識:
御題和闐玉「前赤壁圖」
壬戌泛舟遊挈賓,
清秋赤壁景鮮新。
成圖那藉琢磨巧,
玉局原來玉樣人。

Inscription:
This Nephrite Jade is carved with an illustration of the Former Ode to the Red Cliff and an imperial poem [by Emperor Qianlong]

In the year of renxu, [Su Shi, 1037-1101] embarked on a boating with his guests.
The sight of the Red Cliff on a clear autumn day was inspiring and fresh.
The exquisite artistry [displayed on this jade] is not solely a testament to the carver's craftsmanship,
but equally a reflection on Yuju (Su Shi)'s virtue akin to that of jade.

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