Lot 109
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A FINE WHITE JADE TABLE SCREEN

18TH CENTURY

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A FINE WHITE JADE TABLE SCREEN
18TH CENTURY
The rectangular panel carved on one side in high relief with scholars and attendants playing go, viewing a scroll and crossing a bridge, within a tree-lined rocky scene, the reverse with a seven-line poem and a seal, the stone of a pale tone with a snowy russet area to the top left corner
10 in. (25.4 cm.) wide, wood stand
Provenance
T. B. Kitson Collection; Sotheby's London, 30 May 1961, lot 446.
With John Sparks Ltd., London.
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Lot Essay

The reverse of the screen is inscribed with one of the Emperor Qianlong's poems, and may be translated as:

'There is great pleasure in playing chess and looking at paintings;
It is of no moment that one's hair is white so long as one's eyes are strong.
It is not certain that the painting is that of Song Nian;
Nevertheless I envy anyone who looks at the Jade Plaque'.

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