A PAIR OF IMPERIALLY INSCRIBED AND GILT-DECORATED JADE TABLE...

Lot 53
03.11.2020 14:00UTC +00:00
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£ 37 500
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Lot 53 | A PAIR OF IMPERIALLY INSCRIBED AND GILT-DECORATED JADE TABLE...
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£ 20 000 – 30 000
A PAIR OF IMPERIALLY INSCRIBED AND GILT-DECORATED JADE TABLE SCREENS

QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)

Each plaque is intricately incised and gilt with thatched dwellings and tall mountains in riverside landscape scenes, below a long poetic inscription including the characters yu ti (imperially inscribed). The poem on one plaque is attributed to Wen Zhengming and the poem on the other plaque is attributed to Dong Qichang. The reverse of the plaques are decorated with sprays of prunus, chrysanthemum and bamboo.

Each plaque 7 7/8 in. (18.9 cm.) wide, hongmu stands

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