A SUPERBLY CARVED WHITE JADE ‘RED CLIFF’ BOULDER

A SUPERBLY CARVED WHITE JADE ‘RED CLIFF’ BOULDER

QIANLONG-JIAQING PERIOD (1736-1820)

The irregularly-shaped boulder is carved on the front with the scene from the poem \'The Red Cliff\', in which the Song-dynasty poet Su Shi is depicted in a raft with his two companions looking out at vast rocky cliffs studded with pine trees at different levels, the details of the wispy clouds and waves represented by finely incised lines; the reverse side with a continuous landscape comprising a pavilion on jagged mountains.

6 3⁄4 in. (17.1 cm.) wide, hardwood stand, box