QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)

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AN INSCRIBED LAPIS LAZULI TABLE SCREEN
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
The screen is finely carved to one side with a scene of two scholarly figures within a rocky mountainous landscape, climbing a staircase, amidst pine and wutong trees. The upper right corner is incised and gilt with an imperial inscription. The stand is exquisitely carved with two deer beside a waterfall, surrounded by pine, wutong and other foliage.
8 ¾ in. (22.3 cm.) high, carved hongmu stand

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Lot Essay

The inscription contains an imperial poem composed by the Qianlong Emperor, entitled Ceng Luan Die Cui, which may be translated as 'Trees on Range Upon Range of Mountains'. This poem eulogises the beauty of the mountainous landscape scene, and is recorded in the Qing Gaozong Yuzhi Shiwen Quanji (5), Taipei, 1976, juan 1:23.

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