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THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
A WHITE JADE CIRCULAR SCREEN
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
Details
A WHITE JADE CIRCULAR SCREEN
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
The screen is exquisitely carved to one side in shallow relief with a landscape scene, detailed with two scholars in conversation under wutong trees, in the mid-distance with a young attendant observing his companion striking a musical stone that is suspended from an arched frame. The reverse is decorated with a pair of deer and a crane amongst pine in a landscape of jagged rocks and tall mountains.
8 ½ in. (22 cm.) diam., rosewood stand
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
The screen is exquisitely carved to one side in shallow relief with a landscape scene, detailed with two scholars in conversation under wutong trees, in the mid-distance with a young attendant observing his companion striking a musical stone that is suspended from an arched frame. The reverse is decorated with a pair of deer and a crane amongst pine in a landscape of jagged rocks and tall mountains.
8 ½ in. (22 cm.) diam., rosewood stand
Provenance
Sold at Christie’s Hong Kong, 27 May 2008, lot 1971
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