AN IMPERIAL HARDSTONE EMBELLISHED LAPIS LAZULI SCREEN QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795) One side of the screen elaborately decorated with worked gilt-metal, intricately detailed with carved turquoise, tourmaline, amethyst, rose quartz, chalcedony and jasper jade to depict a flowering prunus tree and a fruiting peach tree on a rockwork ground, the reverse side carved with one hundred stylised shou characters, all within a gilt-metal filigree frame further embellished with finely carved hardstones to form floral scrolls; the carved hardwood stand intricately detailed with white jade carvings of the Eight Treasures, ba bao , and turquoise hardstone lotus scrolls, the lapis lazuli colour enhanced (minor losses to embellishments, several replaced) 22 5/8 in. (57.4 cm.) overall height
AN IMPERIAL HARDSTONE EMBELLISHED LAPIS LAZULI SCREEN QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795) One side of the screen elaborately decorated with worked gilt-metal, intricately detailed with carved turquoise, tourmaline, amethyst, rose quartz, chalcedony and jasper jade to depict a flowering prunus tree and a fruiting peach tree on a rockwork ground, the reverse side carved with one hundred stylised shou characters, all within a gilt-metal filigree frame further embellished with finely carved hardstones to form floral scrolls; the carved hardwood stand intricately detailed with white jade carvings of the Eight Treasures, ba bao , and turquoise hardstone lotus scrolls, the lapis lazuli colour enhanced (minor losses to embellishments, several replaced) 22 5/8 in. (57.4 cm.) overall height
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