Jade Mountain Illustrating the Gathering of Scholars at the Lanting Pavilion

Item

Identifier
92.103.13
Title
Jade Mountain Illustrating the Gathering of Scholars at the Lanting Pavilion
兰亭大玉山
Creator
Unknown Artist
Description
This jade boulder is the largest piece of historic carved jade outside of China; It depicts a literary gathering of scholar-officials at Lanting; It lost from the Yuanmingyuan in 1860 and later acquired by an American buyer. It is currently collected in the Minneapolis Institute of Art in the state of Minnesota, United States.
Date
1790
Former Location
Summer Palace
Beijing
Type
Sculpture