LOT 479
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Lot 479
A LARGE AND IMPORTANT CHINESE CARVED SHOUSHAN STONE BOULDER, QING DYNASTY, PROBABLY IMPERIAL. Finely carved and well sculpted in great detail in an evenly toned greenish/yellow soapstone and rockery areas in a light smoky pewter color with traces of red veining throughout depicting the Eight immortals in a mountainous setting, probably the “Garden of Xiwangmu in her fastness in the western China mountains”. Each figure holding an attribute including horsetail fan, flute, and clapper, with two figures seated playing a game, each fully carved in the round and surrounded by an open work of meandering cloud forms and rockery spires. The well polished figures contrasting against the rough textured stone pinnacles and displayed on a convoluted carved hardwood stand. Height of carving 15 inches (38.1cm), width 12 inches (30.5cm) and total height on stand, 16.75 inches (42.5 cm). Weight 38.9 lbs. Provenance: Ashkenazie & Co., Fairmont Hotel, San Francisco, California, July 25, 1985 according to accompanying receipt which lists above work as "Imperial 18th C." and listing the original purchase price as US$15,000
Estimate:
$8,000 - 12,000
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