A rare celadon and russet jade 'scholar' mountain

Song - Yuan dynasty

宋至元 青玉鏤雕雲山高士圖山子

skillfully rendered following the natural form of the boulder, the sides intricately carved in openwork with a scholar standing in a long flowing robe and donning a dongpojin (Dongpo hat), positioned between a mythical tortoise emitting vapor and a deer grasping a lingzhi sprig, accompanied by an attendant holding a large leaf, all set within a dense landscape of pierced rockwork, gnarled trees and scrolling clouds, the softly polished stone of an even color with russet skin to the top

Height 5 ? in., 13 cm