Lot Essay
The inscriptions on the reverse are poetic verses referring to the narcissus and to the camellia.
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VARIOUS PROPERTIES
TWO PALE GREENISH-WHITE JADE CARVED RECTANGULAR TABLE SCREENS
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
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TWO PALE GREENISH-WHITE JADE CARVED RECTANGULAR TABLE SCREENS
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
Each semi-translucent plaque lightly carved in imitation of a painting, one with narcissus growing below a leafless tree with mountains in the distance, the other with camellias growing beside rocks, both with traces of gilding and reddish-brown pigment, the reverse of each carved with a poem, within a wood frame
7 1/8 in. (18 cm.) high with frame, wood stands, box (2)
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
Each semi-translucent plaque lightly carved in imitation of a painting, one with narcissus growing below a leafless tree with mountains in the distance, the other with camellias growing beside rocks, both with traces of gilding and reddish-brown pigment, the reverse of each carved with a poem, within a wood frame
7 1/8 in. (18 cm.) high with frame, wood stands, box (2)