AN IMPORTANT AND RARE PALE CELADON AND RUSSET JADE MOUNTAIN, 18TH CENTURY China. Finely carved to one side with a scholar and his boy attendant walking along the mountain toward a neatly incised waterfall, and to the other with an attendant playing the qin near a pavilion above a group of scholars near a stream, one kneeling and holding a bucket, his attendant standing behind him carrying a large stick, the other two standing in front of a small cascade, all set in a monumental mountainous landscape with several beautifully carved pine trees. The translucent stone is of a pale celadon tone with distinct russet veining and patches, as well as scattered cloudy inclusions.

Provenance: From a Swiss private collection.
Condition: Superb condition with minor old wear, possibly microscopic nicks, the stone with natural inclusions and fissures. The matching wood base with old age cracks, minor nicks and losses, and fine naturally grown patina overall.

Weight: 877.3 g (incl. base), 804.2 g (excl. base)
Dimensions: Height 18.9 cm (incl. base), 16.4 cm (excl. base)

With a matching wood base of the same period, finely carved with craggy rockwork, pine, bamboo, and chrysanthemum. (2)

Expert note: The present jade mountain is carved all around to show a continuous scene, with the waterfall on one side of the mountain and the cascade on the other stemming from the same source. Such jade mountains with no preferred side are extremely rare.

Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Christie's Hong Kong, 1 June 2011, lot 3904
Price: HKD 680,000 or approx. EUR 118,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A pale celadon jade mountain carving, Qing dynasty, 18th/19th century
Expert remark: Compare the closely related form, the color of the jade, as well as the similar size (16.7 cm)

Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Christie's London, 8 November 2016, lot 159
Price: GBP 40,000 or approx. EUR 55,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A pale celadon jade 'scholars' mountain, Qianlong period (1736-1795)
Expert remark: Compare the closely related size and form of the figures, rock work and pine tree, as well as the closely related color of the jade. Note the smaller size (12 cm).

Auction result comparison:
Type: Closely related
Auction: Sotheby's Hong Kong, 13 October 2021, lot 3693
Price: HKD 378,000 or approx. EUR 49,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing
Description: A pale green jade 'scholar' mountain Qing dynasty, 18th century
Expert remark: Compare the closely related form, with carvings to both sides, the neatly executed rockwork, color of the jade, as well as the size (16.8 cm).


十八世紀青玉山子
中國。山子取整塊青玉雕琢，細膩溫潤，晶瑩通透，融合高浮雕、鏤雕、圓雕及陰刻技法，營造出山勢高聳巍峨，令人驚嘆之仙境美景。畫面中山峰猶如拔地而起，山岩間松樹老松遒勁，枝幹蜿蜒，松針如輪，挺然獨秀。山腰間搭建亭台，台上一文人撫琴。山腳有三位文人及童子，或成雙清談，或木桶取水，身後一童子。方溪澗流水潺潺。另一面山形奇特峭峻，怪石嶙峋，蒼松繁茂，一位文人沿著山徑緩步而行，後面跟著一個携琴童子。青玉帶著紅色紋理及絮狀内沁。

來源：瑞士私人收藏。
品相：狀況極佳，有輕微磨損，微小的刻痕，玉石有天然的內沁和紋理。配套的木質底座帶有老舊的裂縫、輕微的劃痕和缺損，整體包漿自然。

重量：877.3 克 (含底座)，804.2 克 (不含底座)
尺寸：高18.9 厘米 (含底座), 16.4 厘米 (不含底座)

同期木底座，雕刻假山、竹子和菊花。

專家注釋：玉山子圓雕，一氣呵成，山體一側有飛瀑，另一側瀑布同源。這種沒有偏重一邊的玉山子，極為罕見。

拍賣結果比較：
形制：非常相近
拍賣：香港佳士得，2011年6月1日，lot 3904
價格：HKD 680,000（相當於今日EUR 112,500）
描述：十八或十九世紀清代青玉山子
專家評論：比較相近的形式，玉石的顏色，以及相似的大小 (16.7 厘米)。

拍賣結果比較：
形制：非常相近
拍賣：倫敦佳士得，2016年11月8日6，lot 159
價格：GBP 40,000（相當於今日EUR 54,000）
描述：乾隆時期青玉山子
專家評論：比較非常相近的人物、岩石作品和松樹的大小和形式，以及玉石的顏色。請注意其尺寸稍小 (12 厘米)。

拍賣結果比較：
形制：非常相近
拍賣：香港蘇富比，2021年10月13日，lot 3693
價格：HKD 378,000（相當於今日EUR 46,500）
描述：清十八世紀青白玉山溪洗硯圖山子
專家評論：比較相近的形式，兩面雕刻、整齊的石紋、玉石顏色，以及尺寸 (16.8 厘米)。