Ornament
81-23-8A
From: China
Curatorial Section: Asian
| Object Number | 81-23-8A |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Chinese |
| Provenience | China |
| Date Made | 19th Century |
| Section | Asian |
| Materials | Nephrite |
| Technique | Carved |
| Description | A nephrite mountain. (a) The decoration is the peaches of immortality growing on a cloud-capped mountain. A boatman, holding an oar, has picked one and is returning to his boat (under a ledge). The reverse side has a grotto. The mountain is carved from a natural pebble and has some skin left intact. It has a fitted wooden (b) stand. |
| Credit Line | Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Paul K. Addams, 1981 |
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