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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE ENGLISH COLLECTION
~130
AN INSCRIBED LAPIS LAZULI TABLE SCREEN
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
The screen is fnely carved to one side with a scene of two scholarly fgures within a rocky mountainous
landscape, climbing a staircase, amidst pine and wutong trees. The upper right corner is incised and gilt
with an imperial inscription. The stand is exquisitely carved with two deer beside a waterfall, surrounded
by pine, wutong and other foliage.
8æ in. (22.3 cm.) high, carved hongmu stand
£30,000-50,000 US$38,000-62,000
€34,000-56,000
The inscription contains an imperial poem composed by the Qianlong Emperor, entitled Ceng Luan Die
Cui, which may be translated as 'Trees on Range Upon Range of Mountains'. This poem eulogises the
beauty of the mountainous landscape scene, and is recorded in the Qing Gaozong Yuzhi Shiwen Quanji
(5), Taipei, 1976, juan 1:23.

清乾隆 青金石描金題詩層巒疊翠圖插屏
來源:
英國私人珍藏

Qing Gaozong Yuzhi Shiwen Quanji (5), Taipei, 1976, juan 1:23.
載《清高宗御製詩文全集(五)》御製詩三集卷一

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