QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)

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A SPINACH-GREEN JADE RECTANGULAR TABLE SCREEN
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
The front carved with a scene of Xiwangmu (Queen Mother of the West) holding a peach and descending on a cloud accompanied by an attendant and a phoenix above three figures of women, one bearing a peach, ascending a steep rocky path within a mountainous landscape, the reverse carved with pine trees in a similar setting, and with two cranes, one reaching to pick a sprig of lingzhi fungus
9½ in. (24 cm.) high, wood stand

Lot Essay

The fine, deep carving of this table screen is similar in style to that found on other table screens of Qianlong date, such as the rectangular screen reputed to be from the Summer Palace, Beijing, in the collection of Mr. R. Bruce, London, illustrated by L. Ashton and B. Gray, Chinese Art, London, 1953 edition, p. 342, pl. 136.

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