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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT ASIAN COLLECTION
2854
AN IMPERIAL INSCRIBED PALE CELADON JADE
TABLE SCREEN
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
The screen is exquisitely carved in high relief on one side with a
dramatic mountainous landscape scene detailed with a scholar in
conversation with his attendant surrounded by steep mountain
peaks, pine and wutong trees. Behind this is depicted an open
pavilion nestled in the hanging cliffs and a gushing waterfall in
the distance, all below the swirling cloud line. The reverse of
the plaque is inscribed with an imperial poem by the Qianlong
emperor.
11 in. (28 cm.) high, zitan stand
HK$1,500,000-2,000,000 US$200,000-260,000
᪺̗㡳 㤎Ⅾἕ㧎だᏥᾦ〲ۤॲ⋞൞
㉼ᙔ厍
☟ᶴ⽨㺇⨿ࢦཊ卿ஏஏൈ⸌ᘶ᳖㩽厎
ᜮᐻ䁖⏫ឰ卿㬱ᖧԋ㚿ὑཫ⇂ǯ
ᑨӳᯛ᱁⋕Ḗᄓ卿៣⛘ṗᯬַ☌᳅厎
ስካ⯇ݰᎰ㙄㊽卿ӬზႱഗ⁒ംᇵǯ
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