A celadon jade boulder

A celadon jade boulder
18th/19th century
Of irregular ovoid shape, carved in high relief with a boy riding an ox as he plays the flute, a bearded elder with a branch and a young attendant carrying a pole with ribboned pennant caught in the wind as they travel on a tree-shaded path above a waterfall to a rural amid vegetation and faceted rock surfaces that continue on the reverse side following some of the natural surface fissures, straw-colored veins and russet patches in the stone of mottled gray-green hue polished with a soft luster.
7 1/4in (18.3cm) long
6 3/4in (17cm) height including later wood stand