6th May, 2026 11:00
Live Sale: Chinese and Japanese Works of Art 2026
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A CHINESE IMPERIALLY INSCRIBED JADE MOUNTAIN, QING DYNASTY
well carved with figures standing and seated beneath jagged overhanging rocks and old gnarled pine trees viewing a waterfall, all below a Qianlong four-line poetic inscription, 'Ode to Wen Zhenming's Waterfall Viewing Painting', the stone of very pale celadon tone, wood stand, the jade 21cm high
Provenance: Acquired from William Clayton Limited, 38 Bury Street, St. James's, London, SW1.
Property from an Italian Noble Family.
Footnote: The poem may be translated as: Those who stand here leaning on a staff, or those that sit, all seek the shade of the pines, each finding their own pleasure, sharing the same feeling, listening to the spring water with one heart.
Property from an Italian Noble Family.
Acquired from William Clayton Limited, 38 Bury Street, St. James's, London, SW1.
一件御题诗玉山子，清代
Sold for £18,000
well carved with figures standing and seated beneath jagged overhanging rocks and old gnarled pine trees viewing a waterfall, all below a Qianlong four-line poetic inscription, 'Ode to Wen Zhenming's Waterfall Viewing Painting', the stone of very pale celadon tone, wood stand, the jade 21cm high
Provenance: Acquired from William Clayton Limited, 38 Bury Street, St. James's, London, SW1.
Property from an Italian Noble Family.
Footnote: The poem may be translated as: Those who stand here leaning on a staff, or those that sit, all seek the shade of the pines, each finding their own pleasure, sharing the same feeling, listening to the spring water with one heart.
Auction: Live Sale: Chinese and Japanese Works of Art 2026, 6th May, 2026
Highlights of Olympia Auctions' Chinese and Japanese works of art sale include an Imperially inscribed jade mountain from an Italian Noble family, a superb cloisonne enamel 'Egret' vase by the studio of Namikawa Sosuke from the property of an English Gentleman and a private Scottish Collection of Chinese works of art including bamboo carvings and jades. Other British private collections include Chinese snuff bottles predominantly collected in the first half of the 20th Century, and a collection of Japanese Satsuma ceramics including a large and impressive koro and cover.
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