19TH CENTURY

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A PALE CELADON JADE AND GILT RECTANGULAR PLAQUE
19TH CENTURY
The plaque is carved in low relief with the Orchid Pavilion by a stream in a rocky, mountainous landscape framed by bamboo and pine trees, a gathering of scholars are variously engaged reading poetry and floating wine cups down the stream, the reverse is finely incised with a calligraphic inscription from the Orchid Pavilion, the stone is of a pale even tone with traces of gilt. The fitted wooden box bears a carved calligraphic inscription with a Xianfeng mark (1851-1861) and dated the year of ren zi relating to 1852.
6 1/8 in (15.6 cm.) wide, fitted wood box

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Lot Essay

The scene is based on a painting of the Orchid Pavilion by the Ming dynasty artist Wen Zheng Ming (1470-1559). The Orchid Pavilion gathering was a cultural meeting of literati thought to have taken place during the Six Dynasties (220BC-581AD) era in China. At this meeting the scholars participated in a drinking contest where they floated wine cups down the stream and when the cup stopped, the man on the bank closest to the cup drank the wine and had to compose a poem.

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