Lot Essay
The peach is a symbol of longevity; the twin fish a symbol of fidelity and the qing a symbol of rank.
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QIANLONG
Details
A FINE PALE GREENISH-WHITE JADE CIRCULAR TABLE SCREEN
Qianlong
Deeply carved on one side with Shoulao holding a large peach and an attendant holding twin fish on the rocky ledge of a mountainside grotto, with a pavilion to one side and a crane suspending a qing in flight above a pine tree to the other, the reverse left plain, the stone with some opaque white mottling and well polished
8in. (21cm.) diam., wood stand
Qianlong
Deeply carved on one side with Shoulao holding a large peach and an attendant holding twin fish on the rocky ledge of a mountainside grotto, with a pavilion to one side and a crane suspending a qing in flight above a pine tree to the other, the reverse left plain, the stone with some opaque white mottling and well polished
8in. (21cm.) diam., wood stand
Provenance
Prince Kung, The American Art Galleries, 27 February - 1 March 1913, lot 120
Nagatani, Chicago
Milwaukee Art Museum
Nagatani, Chicago
Milwaukee Art Museum