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A CHINESE SPINACH JADE RECTANGULAR PLAQUE

18TH 19TH CENTURY

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A CHINESE SPINACH JADE RECTANGULAR PLAQUE
18TH 19TH CENTURY
Incised and gilt on the front and back with an Imperial poetic inscription above a landscape scene, one depicting the Spring and the other the Autumn, the jade of deep green tone with lighter and darker inclusions and black flecks
11½ in. (30.5 cm.) wide
來源
Anonymous sale, Christie's, London, 21 June 1984, lot 626.
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拍品專文

The poems can be translated:
Imperial composition on a scene in Spring, Whatever meets the eye is new and fresh, The season and the light have already turned agreeable. Carrying containers (of presents) and holding my son, On a horse together we are the expected guests. ??? the Dark Green Mountain, The Grand Lake generates new waves and ripples', The Stone Bridge deserves its fame; It alone makes this Spring trip worthwhile. Imperial Composition on a Sence in the Autumn, In chilling autumn, travelling at a pressing pace, Crossing waters and trekking over the mountains. Does one not feel the desolation and bleakness of this all, And all for nothing but wealth and fame. (The traveller presumably is travelling to attend the official exam.) The leafy woods shed their summery tones, The sounds of streams and waterfalls with added coldness; Beyond the clouds a temple with its doors closed, In which a leisured monk is enlightened in this clarity.