A LARGE AND FINELY CARVED WHITE JADE ''LUOHAN'' BOULDER, CHINA, QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)

A LARGE AND FINELY CARVED WHITE JADE "LUOHAN" BOULDER
CHINA, QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
Carved in high relief on one side with a luohan seated within a deep grotto, with a bundle of scrolls to one side and a recumbent elephant supporting a vase on its back to the other side, all beneath the branches of a gnarled, flowering tree branch, the reverse carved with a waterfall beside pine trees and an elaborate lingzhi sprig, the softly polished stone of even, pale white tone
8 5/8 in. (22 cm.) wide

Pre-Lot Text
THE FLORENCE AND HERBERT IRVING COLLECTION