the smoothly polished stone of a greyish-celadon tone with variegated black and russet patches and inclusions, mounted on a beaded lotus base atop a waisted square rockwork plinth in gilt-bronze

倫敦佳士得1995年12月4日，編號302

The boulder has some flaws as visible in the photo. The boulder and the stands can be separated into three parts. The stands, probably married, have minor bruises to the edges and rubbing to the gilding.
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Impressive for its large and finely cast stand in the form of mountain peaks, large jade boulders left uncarved and with such elaborate stands are highly unusual. Two boulders of similar irregular shape were sold at Christie’s New York, the first, 15th September 2009, lot 122, and the second, 15th September 2011, lot 1304.