A PAIR OF CELADON JADE TABLE SCREENS ON CLOISONNE ENAMEL STANDS QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY

each carved with a landscape scene with figures engaging in various activities among jagged cliffs and pine trees, featured with an elephant and a Buddhist lion respectively, the reverse incised with a gilt landscape, the slab mottled with icy inclusions, raised on cloisonne enamel stands decorated with the bajixiang and lotus scrolls

Collection of Major and Mrs. David Ogilvy at Witherdon Manor, Devon.

The table screens are in overall good condtion with just minute nicks to the extremities. The two screens have been constructed from the same stone and corresponding natural fissures on both screens have been secured with composite material. The cloisonné enamel stands are also in good condition with expected tiny areas of infills.
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Jade plaques were often paired with vibrant cloisonné enamelled stands to provide an attractive contrast to the monochrome jade. They were placed on desks of officials and scholars to serve as sources of inspiration for reflection and as an escape from duties of officialdom. Compare a pair of 18th century spinach jade table screens mounted on cloisonné stands, from the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard K. Crawford, sold in our New York rooms, 1st June 1993, lot 63; and a Qianlong dated pale celadon example, also with a cloisonné enamel stand, from the Lever Collection, sold at Christie’s London, 10th May 2016, lot 33.