Title

Jade landscape pebble of tethered horse and scholar, early Qing dynasty, China, late 17th century. Artist: Unknown

Caption

Jade landscape pebble of tethered horse and scholar, early Qing dynasty, China, late 17th century. A pale green and russet jade pebble of kidney shape carved with a travelling bearded scholar in rocky landscape. The scholar's horse is tied to a wutong tree. The reverse is decorated with bamboo in relief by a flowing stream under a crag. Much of the original pebble form remains.
Bath (England), The Museum of East Asian Art

Date

1650

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images

Reference

HRM19B72_367

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

17,9Mb (445,7Kb) / 7,4in x 9,4in / 2215 x 2832 (300dpi)

Keywords

nature animal tree people male man men animals horses horse education plant arts carving country pebble China art Chinese green guy color colour carved location century artefact dynasty scholar artifact qing dynasty 17th century tethered seventeenth century Museum of East Asian Art wutong tree object Unknown jade jade object