GRAND ECRAN DE TABLE EN JADE CELADON PALE
GRAND ECRAN DE TABLE EN JADE CELADON PALE
GRAND ECRAN DE TABLE EN JADE CELADON PALE
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GRAND ECRAN DE TABLE EN JADE CELADON PALE

CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, EPOQUE QIANLONG (1736-1795)

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GRAND ECRAN DE TABLE EN JADE CELADON PALE
CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, EPOQUE QIANLONG (1736-1795)
De forme rectangulaire, il est finement sculpté en haut relief d'un paysage de montagne dans lequel des émissaire étrangers et leur suite gravissent un chemin escarpé bordé de pins et d'arbres wutong menant vers une porte de forteresse visible au loin entre les montagnes. Les porteurs de tributs accompagnés d'un lion ont les bras chargés de cadeaux tels qu'un livre, une défense d'éléphant, un faucon ou encore une balle de brocard. Le revers est orné d'un bateau sur lequel sont embarqués des personnages voguant sur des vagues tumultueuses. La pierre est d'une couleur harmonieuse rehaussée de quelques inclusions rouille pale.
Hauteur: 29 cm. (11 3/8 in.) ; socle en hongmu
Provenance
Sotheby's London, 24 November 1964, lot 150.
Private English Collection, amassed in the 1960s.
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A LARGE PALE GREENISH-WHITE JADE 'TRIBUTE BEARER AND MARITIME-SUBJECT' TABLE SCREEN
CHINA, QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)

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Lot Essay

This screen is exceptionally well carved and is unusual for its depiction of a foreign envoy and a Western ship.The ship appears to be influenced by European or Middle-Eastern design, and bears similarity to Portuguese ships depicted on Japanese renditions of the first contact with foreign envoys. It is possible that the tribute bearers hail from the Near or Middle East, as there are similarities with Chinese depictions of the Sogdians. Furthermore, the man at the head of the procession carries a hawk or falcon, a sport closely associated with Mongolia and the Near and Middle East. Other tribute bearers hold lotus flowers, elixir bottles, books, and bowls of fruit. Perhaps the most unusual is the tribute bearer leading a Buddhist lion on a leash as he beckons it with a brocade ball held aloft in his left hand.
The size of the procession, in addition to both the type of tribute and impressive vessel used to carry the entourage, suggests that this would have been an envoy of great importance, perhaps sent to pay tribute to the emperor himself, and was thus commemorated on the present jade screen.

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