• Dimension: Height: 2 2/8 in (5.5 cm) Length: 7 1/2 in (18.8 cm) Width: 3 5/8 in (9.0 cm)
• Estimate From: $4000
• Estimate To: $8000

Chinese. Elaborately carved in intricate relief and openwork as a log raft in the form of a pine tree ferrying the famous Calligrapher Wang Xizhi holding a cup leaning back against the pine tree, inside the raft a recumbent crane with head turned back, next to a bowl with a spoon, the softly polished semi-translucent stone of slightly greenish white tone with minor russet streaks and skins. Qing Dynasty Qianlong period.

此器以白玉製成，玉質溫潤，瀅潤油亮，細膩光滑，設計精巧，採用圓雕、浮雕等技法，內部掏空。一長髯老者背倚蒼松，側膝而坐。神情怡然，如醉如痴，表情刻劃生動，左手置於膝上，右手持酒杯，飄飄欲仙，是醉中形象。身旁鵝口銜靈芝，神態溫馴，惟妙惟肖。底部水波翻湧成漩，似在激流中航行，水浪紋層次分明，細入末毫，雕工十分精細。整體場景出自典故“羲之愛鵝”，羲之乃“書聖”，其書法造詣無出其右者。據說他從鵝的體態、行走、游泳等姿勢中，體會出書法運筆的奧妙，領悟到書法執筆、運筆的道理；認為執筆時食指要像鵝頭那樣昂揚微曲，運筆時則要像鵝掌撥水，方能使精神貫注於筆端。 “羲之愛鵝”後來被當作文人雅士情趣生活的體現。整件器物雕刻層次分明，作工繁縟與精細相結合，嚴謹但不失活潑生趣；構圖栩栩如生，主題突出，形神兼備，線條流暢，達到了形、神、韻兼備的最佳境界，是一件不可多得的文房案頭佳品。來源：加拿大溫哥華私人藏家收藏
Provenance: Private collection, Vancouver, Canada