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◆ F CHINESE FINELY CARVED WHITE JADE 'RED CLIFF' BOULDER

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CHINESE FINELY CARVED WHITE JADE 'RED CLIFF' BOULDER
QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG/JIAQING PERIOD
清乾隆/嘉慶 白玉雕赤壁夜遊圖山子 帶木座the irregularly-shaped boulder delicately carved on the front from the poem 'The Red Cliff', in which the Song-dynasty poet Su Shi and his two companions Huang Tingjian and Foyin being ferried in a raft by an oarsman towards the Red Cliff studded with pine trees, while the details of the wispy clouds and waves finely incised, the reverse side carved in crisp relief with a jagged mountainous landscape, a pavilion partially hidden by rocks with a pine tree-lined staircase leading up to it, the surfaces rendered to resemble weathered rock, the softly-polished stone of creamy white colour revealing some amber streaks around the edges, with a fitted hardwood stand 
17.1 cm wide
Private collection, London; acquired from Christie's Hong Kong, 30 May 2022, lot 2809;Formerly in the Quincy Chuang Collection, The Sze Tak Tang, Hong Kong; acquired from Bonhams Hong Kong, 26 May 2007, lot 238.Quincy Chuang was born in Shanghai, the brother-in-law of the famous collector Mr .J. M. Hu (1910-1997). Influenced by Hu, he also loves antiques, and he served as the chairman of Min Chiu Society for two terms. Chuang devotes himself to the public welfare of art and has often lent his treasures for museum exhibitions.倫敦私人收藏,購自香港佳士得,2022年5月30日,拍品2809;香港世德堂莊貴侖舊藏,購自香港邦翰斯,2007年5月26日,拍品238。香港實業家莊貴侖,出生於上海,是著名收藏家胡惠春先生的妹夫,受胡先生的影響,亦好古收藏, 曾任敏求精舍兩屆主席。莊先生力獻藝術公益之事,屢次借展寶蓄。
Compare the carving to a pair of Qianlong period jade table screens also depicting ‘Red Cliffs’ in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, illustrated in The Refined Taste of the Emperor: Special Exhibition of Archaic and Pictorial Jades of the Ch’ing Court, Taipei, 1997, no. 63, museum number Gu Yu 故玉2539N。赤壁主題及雕刻,比較清乾隆玉赤壁插屏一對,藏於臺北故宮博物院,見《宮廷之雅:清代仿古及畫意玉器特展圖錄》,台北,1997年,圖版63,館藏號「故玉2539N」。IMPORTANT NOTE:Anyone wishing to bid on this lot will be required to pay a £5,000 deposit. Please fill in the Bidding Limit Request form below:Apply for an increase in Bid Limit here 請注意:若要競拍此拍品,我們將向您索取五千英鎊(£5,000)押金。請填寫’提高競拍上限’表格:https://form.jotform.com/241202720674044
CHINESE FINELY CARVED WHITE JADE 'RED CLIFF' BOULDER
QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG/JIAQING PERIOD
清乾隆/嘉慶 白玉雕赤壁夜遊圖山子 帶木座the irregularly-shaped boulder delicately carved on the front from the poem 'The Red Cliff', in which the Song-dynasty poet Su Shi and his two companions Huang Tingjian and Foyin being ferried in a raft by an oarsman towards the Red Cliff studded with pine trees, while the details of the wispy clouds and waves finely incised, the reverse side carved in crisp relief with a jagged mountainous landscape, a pavilion partially hidden by rocks with a pine tree-lined staircase leading up to it, the surfaces rendered to resemble weathered rock, the softly-polished stone of creamy white colour revealing some amber streaks around the edges, with a fitted hardwood stand 
17.1 cm wide
Private collection, London; acquired from Christie's Hong Kong, 30 May 2022, lot 2809;Formerly in the Quincy Chuang Collection, The Sze Tak Tang, Hong Kong; acquired from Bonhams Hong Kong, 26 May 2007, lot 238.Quincy Chuang was born in Shanghai, the brother-in-law of the famous collector Mr .J. M. Hu (1910-1997). Influenced by Hu, he also loves antiques, and he served as the chairman of Min Chiu Society for two terms. Chuang devotes himself to the public welfare of art and has often lent his treasures for museum exhibitions.倫敦私人收藏,購自香港佳士得,2022年5月30日,拍品2809;香港世德堂莊貴侖舊藏,購自香港邦翰斯,2007年5月26日,拍品238。香港實業家莊貴侖,出生於上海,是著名收藏家胡惠春先生的妹夫,受胡先生的影響,亦好古收藏, 曾任敏求精舍兩屆主席。莊先生力獻藝術公益之事,屢次借展寶蓄。
Compare the carving to a pair of Qianlong period jade table screens also depicting ‘Red Cliffs’ in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, illustrated in The Refined Taste of the Emperor: Special Exhibition of Archaic and Pictorial Jades of the Ch’ing Court, Taipei, 1997, no. 63, museum number Gu Yu 故玉2539N。赤壁主題及雕刻,比較清乾隆玉赤壁插屏一對,藏於臺北故宮博物院,見《宮廷之雅:清代仿古及畫意玉器特展圖錄》,台北,1997年,圖版63,館藏號「故玉2539N」。IMPORTANT NOTE:Anyone wishing to bid on this lot will be required to pay a £5,000 deposit. Please fill in the Bidding Limit Request form below:Apply for an increase in Bid Limit here 請注意:若要競拍此拍品,我們將向您索取五千英鎊(£5,000)押金。請填寫’提高競拍上限’表格:https://form.jotform.com/241202720674044

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Please note, we are unable to accept payment at the storage site. If you are collecting from Stephen Morris Shipping Ltd., please ensure that full payment is made prior to collection.  

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