AN EXCEPTIONAL PAIR OF CELADON-WHITE JADE TABLE SCREENS WITH IMPERIAL POEMS QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD each of rectangular section, one carved on one side with a dramatic mountainous landscape scene depicting an elderly scholar standing under a pine tree and conversing with an acolyte standing on a lower rocky ledge, surrounded by craggy rockwork, maple and wutong trees, the rocky mountains accentuated with a waterfall gushing from a crevice in the rocks, all below ruyi-shaped clouds bordering the upper edge of the screen, the reverse incised and gilt with a poem by the Qianlong Emperor, the other similarly carved on one side with an elderly scholar in contemplation under a prunus tree with an acolyte behind him, surrounded by gnarled pine trees and bamboo shoots with a kiosk behind them, the background picked out with further kiosks set in the craggy mountains, detailed with two cranes in the background below cloud swirls, one crane swooping downwards whilst the other stands near the bamboo shoots, the reverse with an additional poem by the Qianlong Emperor, wood stands screen 27.7 cm., 10 7/8 in.
AN EXCEPTIONAL PAIR OF CELADON-WHITE JADE TABLE SCREENS WITH IMPERIAL POEMS QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD each of rectangular section, one carved on one side with a dramatic mountainous landscape scene depicting an elderly scholar standing under a pine tree and conversing with an acolyte standing on a lower rocky ledge, surrounded by craggy rockwork, maple and wutong trees, the rocky mountains accentuated with a waterfall gushing from a crevice in the rocks, all below ruyi-shaped clouds bordering the upper edge of the screen, the reverse incised and gilt with a poem by the Qianlong Emperor, the other similarly carved on one side with an elderly scholar in contemplation under a prunus tree with an acolyte behind him, surrounded by gnarled pine trees and bamboo shoots with a kiosk behind them, the background picked out with further kiosks set in the craggy mountains, detailed with two cranes in the background below cloud swirls, one crane swooping downwards whilst the other stands near the bamboo shoots, the reverse with an additional poem by the Qianlong Emperor, wood stands screen 27.7 cm., 10 7/8 in.
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