AN INSCRIBED PALE CELADON JADE INK REST QING DYNASTY, LATE 18TH - EARLY 19TH CENTURY |

carved as a rectangular geometric scroll raised on two splayed feet, the surface delicately incised with a flowering prunus branch and inscribed with the characters Shu Ying Heng Xie Shui Qing Qian (at clear shallow pond elegant figures gracefully stand) from the Northern Song dynasty poem Shan Yuan Xiao Mei, the stone a bright pale celadon with faint white inclusions

Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York, 6th May 1982.
Collection of Florence (1920-2018) and Herbert (1917-2016) Irving, no. 400.

The stand is in good overall condition. There is a tiny chip to the corner of one foot. The surface with expected wear and scattered minute nicks to edges consistent with age and type.
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