A SUPERB FINELY CARVED AND INSCRIBED IMPERIAL PALE CELADON JADE RECTANGULAR TABLE SCREEN
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
A SUPERB FINELY CARVED AND INSCRIBED IMPERIAL PALE CELADON JADE RECTANGULAR TABLE SCREEN QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795) The screen is intricately carved to one side with a mountainous landscape scene featuring tall pine trees and pavilions, depicting Laozi leaving the border of the Chinese empire on a buffalo, crossing a bridge accompanied by a boy attendant carrying scrolls, with an official awaiting his arrival on the opposite side of the river. A long poetic inscription eulogising this scene is carved and gilt to the top of the screen, followed by the seals qian and long . The reverse is inscribed and gilt with another long inscription similarly describing the event. The stone is of a pale tone with very minor russet inclusions. The probably later spinach green jade stand is elaborately decorated with archaistic dragons and stylised scrolls, and the stone is of a rich spinach-green tone with darker flecks. 9 ½ in. (24 cm.) high with stand
A SUPERB FINELY CARVED AND INSCRIBED IMPERIAL PALE CELADON JADE RECTANGULAR TABLE SCREEN
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
A SUPERB FINELY CARVED AND INSCRIBED IMPERIAL PALE CELADON JADE RECTANGULAR TABLE SCREEN QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795) The screen is intricately carved to one side with a mountainous landscape scene featuring tall pine trees and pavilions, depicting Laozi leaving the border of the Chinese empire on a buffalo, crossing a bridge accompanied by a boy attendant carrying scrolls, with an official awaiting his arrival on the opposite side of the river. A long poetic inscription eulogising this scene is carved and gilt to the top of the screen, followed by the seals qian and long . The reverse is inscribed and gilt with another long inscription similarly describing the event. The stone is of a pale tone with very minor russet inclusions. The probably later spinach green jade stand is elaborately decorated with archaistic dragons and stylised scrolls, and the stone is of a rich spinach-green tone with darker flecks. 9 ½ in. (24 cm.) high with stand
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