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A WHITE JADE RECTANGULAR ‘SCHOLAR’ PLAQUE
Qing Dynasty
Both sides carved in low relief within a archaistic double-chi-dragon
frame, one side depicting a scholar walking towards to a pavilion
by a pond of lotus and followed by a young attendant, the reverse
decorated with a poem by Wang Anshi ( 1021-1086) and inscribed
Zigang, the stone of pure white tone.
6.1cm (2 3/8in) high
HKD150,000 - 200,000
US$19,000 - 26,000
清 白玉訪友詩文牌

‘Scholars visiting friends in a landscape’ was a popular theme in
Chinese art, which typifies a cloistered life far away from the centre
of power. The poem on the reverse was by the famous poet and
politician of the Northern Song Dynasty, Wang Anshi, who depicts a
peaceful scene after overnight rain in the capital where people were
singing in the field during a bumper season.

白玉質，白潤通透，淺浮雕雙夔龍紋邊框，一面減地淺浮雕一高士與一
童僕訪友，高士手指一荷塘中高閣，格內桌案文具儼然，另一面見底浮
雕刻行草王安石《秋興有感》詩句：「 宿雨清畿甸，朝陽麗帝城。豐年人
樂業，隴上踏歌聲。」落款「子岡」。

高士訪友為明清藝術常見題材，多在山水之間，寓意林泉之樂。

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