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A SMALL WHITE JADE TABLE SCREEN
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
清乾隆 白玉松壑擕琴圖題詩方插屏
The screen is of rectangular shape and is carved in high and low relief with a
scholar and his attendant crossing a bridge beside a pavilion and a pine tree. The
reverse has long poetic inscription. The stone is of an even pale tone.
4¿ in. (12.3 cm.) high, wood stand
£15,000-30,000 $23,000-46,000
€21,000-41,000
The long poetic inscription is read as yu ti song he xie qin tu/gao ge kai chuang fu
bi feng/you ren mo zuo xing pian nong/jian bian tong zi bao qin zhi/dong cao ying
cheng feng ru song. It describes the scene in which the attendant carries the qin
along the river below tall pine trees, while a window in a pavilion opens to reveal
the lush green peaks.
刻文:「御題松壑擕琴圖/高閣開窗俯碧峯/幽人默坐興偏濃/
澗邊童子抱琴至/動操應成風入松」
(reverse)
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