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Boulder with wood stand eighteenth century
Pale jade with brown markings and wood | 27 x 16.7 cm (whole object) | RCIN 35399
King's Dining Room, Windsor Castle
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Carved from a boulder, the brown outer skin intermittently visible round the sides. The somewhat ovoid block set on end with its base flattened, and the sides carved to represent rocky mountain scenery, with a woman and a child with a toy and peasants with bundles on the front. The low, oval stand, of polished black wood, carved with pine branches and peaches with waves below, and supported on four small feet.
Provenance
Presented to Queen Victoria on the occasion of her Golden Jubilee in 1887 by Guangxu, emperor of China. Identifiable in a list of Golden Jubilee gifts to Queen Victoria as ‘A BLOCK OF WHITE JADE carved in parts and placed on a rosewood stand. (Intended to represent a mountain, symbolic of long life, stability, and unchangeableness)’ (Royal Archives F&V/ JUB/ 1887/ CELEBRATION).
Text adapted from Chinese and Japanese Works of Art in the Collection of Her Majesty The Queen: Volume III. -
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Medium and techniques
Pale jade with brown markings and wood
Measurements
27 x 16.7 cm (whole object)
24 x 8.5 cm (whole object)
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