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See a related pale green jade screen, Qing dynasty, carved with 白玉微微泛青，玉質純淨。屏方形，正面琢仙人祝壽圖，仙山水榭，
three sages in a similar landscape scene with a lone pagoda, from 翠柏蒼松，亭台樓閣，祥雲繚繞，兩位老者行走山間，一小童引路前
the National Palace Museum, Taipei, illustrated by Chang Li-tuan, 行。屏背面雕雙鹿憩息於柏樹下，寓意「百齡食祿」。
The Refined Taste of the Emperor: Special Exhibition of Archaic and
Pictorial Jades of the Ch’ing Court, Taipei, 1997, pl.71; compare also 此類硯屏為清代宮廷文房陳設，具有類似繪畫的視覺效果，乾隆帝尤
a related white jade horizontal rectangular ‘landscape’ screen, Qing 其寵愛此類具有「畫意」的玉器，清宮檔案中也曾有記載乾隆帝命宮
dynasty, from the Qing Court collection, illustrated in The Complete 廷造玉作坊工匠按照宮廷繪畫對玉器進行雕刻，見楊伯達，「北京故
Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Small Refined Articles 宮清宮舊藏乾隆玉器」，刊於《Arts of Asia》，1992年3-4月。
of the Study, Shanghai, 2009, pl.231.
參看台北故宮博物院藏一件清代玉溪橋送別圖硯屏，其構圖與雕刻手
Beautifully worked on both sides of the screen, the present lot also 法與本插屏類似，見《宮廷之雅：清代仿古及畫意玉器特展圖錄》，
conveys a multitude of auspicious blessings. The young attendant 台北，1997年，圖71；北京故宮博物院藏有一件清宮舊藏之青玉山
holds a banner with the character xi, meaning happiness, and one 水圖硯屏可資參考，見《故宮博物院藏文物珍品大系：文玩》，上
sage holds a ruyi sceptre which signifies the fulfilment of all wishes. 海，2009年，圖231。此件硯屏背面柏樹的雕刻手法，可比較另一件
The reverse with deer amidst cypress trees, expresses the wish 清乾隆白玉香山九老圖硯屏，見《韫玉生輝：松竹堂珍藏玉器》，香
‘bailing shilu’ or ‘May you attain old age and continue to receive 港，2011年，頁172-173，圖140。
emolument’. The depiction of cypress trees on jade screens are quite
rare; see, however, a white jade table screen, carved with the Nine
Elders of Xiangshan within a mountainous landscape detailed with a
pine and cypress tree, Qianlong, illustrated in The Splendour of Jade,
The Songzhutang Collection of Jade, Hong Kong, 2011, pp.172-173,
no.140.

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