A MASSIVE IMPERIAL CARVED WOODEN MOUNTAIN QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD the hollowed sculpture made of four different sections of wood, masterfully carved and polished in the round as a mountainous landscape, with a variety of trees issuing from cragged rockworks, pavilion and figures, one side with two sages crossing a bridge in front of a high waterfall cascading to form a torrent beneath, followed by another sage and an attendant on the side, all walking towards a pavilion on top of the cliff, built on a rocky promontory, the sloping roof sheltering three scholars seated around a table playing weiqi, as another attendant looks after a boiling kettle, the reverse with two attendants carrying a wrapped qin toward a fenced terrace, with a sage playing a qin in front of another scholar and an attendant, all below tall gnarled pine trees growing next to a further waterfall issuing from the cragged cave on the side flowing to a rushing stream near the base, the hardwood densely patinated to a warm dark-chocolate brown colour 56 cm., 22 in.
A MASSIVE IMPERIAL CARVED WOODEN MOUNTAIN QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD the hollowed sculpture made of four different sections of wood, masterfully carved and polished in the round as a mountainous landscape, with a variety of trees issuing from cragged rockworks, pavilion and figures, one side with two sages crossing a bridge in front of a high waterfall cascading to form a torrent beneath, followed by another sage and an attendant on the side, all walking towards a pavilion on top of the cliff, built on a rocky promontory, the sloping roof sheltering three scholars seated around a table playing weiqi, as another attendant looks after a boiling kettle, the reverse with two attendants carrying a wrapped qin toward a fenced terrace, with a sage playing a qin in front of another scholar and an attendant, all below tall gnarled pine trees growing next to a further waterfall issuing from the cragged cave on the side flowing to a rushing stream near the base, the hardwood densely patinated to a warm dark-chocolate brown colour 56 cm., 22 in.
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