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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE MANHATTAN COLLECTION
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A CARVED MOTTLED PALE GREY JADE PLAQUE MOUNTED ON
A SILVER BOX
THE JADE 18TH CENTURY
The rectangular jade plaque is carved with a fisherman and two boys beside a
bridge over a river and a willow tree. The reverse is carved with an inscription
describing the scene followed by the signature Liang Guozhi. The jade plaque
is set into the cover of a silver box raised on four low feet and decorated on
each side with a landscape scene bordered by flowers, and signed Maquet.
Paris. Nice.
9Ω x 6æ in. (24.1 x 17.1 cm.)

$20,000-30,000
PROVENANCE:
Acquired prior to 1982, by repute.
(inscription on jade plaque)
The poetic inscription on the back of the jade plaque describes an autumn
landscape. It was composed by Liang Guozhi (1723-1786), a scholar-official
and calligrapher who passed the imperial exam in the thirteenth year
of the Qianlong period (1748). With his strategic acumen and scholarly
pursuits, Liang rose through the ranks and was praised by the emperor for
his intelligence. Liang was appointed a first-rank official and served as the
deputy editor of Siku Quanshu (Emperor's Four Treasuries). Upon his death
in 1786, he was posthumously bestowed the honorary title, Taizi taibao (The
Honorable Tutor to the Crown Prince).

曼哈頓私人珍藏
嵌玉人物故事圖銀盒
玉：清十八世紀
來源:
入藏於1982年前（傳）。

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