Lot Essay
See the very similar table screen dated to the Yongzheng period illustrated by S. C. Nott, Chinese Culture in the Arts, New York, 1946, pl.49.
18TH/19TH CENTURY
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A FINE WHITE JADE CIRCULAR TABLE SCREEN
18th/19th century
Carved in deep relief to one side with a mountainous landscape with an Immortal holding a gnarled staff followed by an attendant boy carrying a flowering sprig standing beside a river bank and set within a pavilion scene with pine trees and a cascading waterfall in the distance, all beneath swirling clouds, the reverse with two deer resting beneath a pine tree amidst craggy cliffs, the white stone of a pale celadon hue with some white mottling
7¼in. (18.5cm.) diam., wood stand
18th/19th century
Carved in deep relief to one side with a mountainous landscape with an Immortal holding a gnarled staff followed by an attendant boy carrying a flowering sprig standing beside a river bank and set within a pavilion scene with pine trees and a cascading waterfall in the distance, all beneath swirling clouds, the reverse with two deer resting beneath a pine tree amidst craggy cliffs, the white stone of a pale celadon hue with some white mottling
7¼in. (18.5cm.) diam., wood stand
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