The smoky amber toned stone displaying several defined areas of dark brown colouring, skilfully utilized to pick out the highlights in a scene with two men and a horse in a landscape setting the other side with a gnarled pine tree growing from the side of a rocky overhang against an background of contorted rocks. One side with a four character inscription. The inscription reads 白雲深處 (Baiyun shen chu) which could be translated as 'Deep Among the White Clouds'. Measure 5.2x3.8 cm.
Purchased in Stockholm, Signe S Lindström Jewels & Art Trade 1966. Thence by descent within the family.
Compare with one sold in these rooms at Bukowskis Spring Asian Sale Stockholm 593, lot 38, 8 June 2016.
Compare with one sold at Bonhams San Francisco Fine Chinese Works of Art and Paintings, lot no 7126, 23 June 2015.
the inscription reads 白雲深處 (Baiyun shen chu) which could be translated as 'Deep Among the White Clouds'.