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WHITE JADE INSET ZITAN TABLE SCREEN
QING DYNASTY, 18TH-19TH CENTURY
Fine Asian & Islamic Works of Art | 617
Auction: 5 November 2020 at 14:00 GMT
Estimate: £12,000 - £18,000
Description
清 紫檀嵌白玉雕高士人物圖座屏
the creamy white jade tablet carved in relief on one side with a scholar and bowing attendant facing right to a rabbit, underneath auspicious clouds and pine tree branches, further with stylised rocks and flora, all reserved on an intricate cross-patterned ground, the reverse incised with poem, the screen inset within a zitan frame carved with an interlocking chi dragon band, above a stand finely carved with a front-facing ferocious dragon in crashing waves
Dimensions
jade: 13.4cm x10.2cm; whole screen: 35.5cm high
Footnote
Provenance: Private European collection; formerly in a private French collection, Southwest of France (see image)