A LARGE CELADON JADE TABLE SCREEN QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY

of rectangular form, exquisitely carved to one side in various levels of relief with three equestrian figures and an acolyte holding a qin beneath a waterfall flowing down to a stream where two deer shelter on a rocky ledge under gnarled pine, to the right a woodcutter carrying an axe and a bundle of twigs walking down the steps towards the riverbanks, all below a figure standing in front of the city walls nestled amongst pine trees and jagged rocks, a pair of wild-goose hovering atop amidst misty scrolling clouds, the reverse incised with stylised jagged mountains, various seals and three poems, the stone of an opaque pale celadon tone with traces of darker inclusions, mounted as a table screen on a wood stand

Christie's London, 16th November 1998, lot 280.

There is a possible 1 x 1cm loss to the bottom right pine tree and another 1 x 0.5cm area of loss to the pine leaves on the middle right of the panel. General light bruising occurs along the edges of of the carving near the top and the leafy tips of the plantain at the bottom left of the panel. The rim of the panel has minute chips and tiny nicks. There is a natural vein with associated flakes running vertically half way up the panel from the bottom. Traces of gilding remain on the jagged mountains on the reverse of the panel. The top left corner has a patch of greenish grey inclusion which is also visible in the catalogue illustration. The stone is of a slightly more celadon tone compared to the catalogue illustration.
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The three poems are: Xiari Nanting huai xin da by Meng Haoran (689–740), Duzuo jing Tingshan by Li Bai (701–762) and Yuweng by Liu Zongyuan (773–819).