A FINE CARVED WHITE JADE 'LANDSCAPE' PANEL QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD, 18TH CENTURY

of rectangular form, carved to the front face in high relief with a pavilion emerging from tall gnarled trees in a rocky landscape, the reverse inscribed with the poem Jiu Li Song by the Qianlong Emperor, reading bu xin yun lin pi wei kan qiu, gan qing su tao wu ding xiang yan, gai you qi xing ru dao xi tou, lu ling zhe ya kou ting jiu wen, Wangzi Jin guo ci zhu xiang ling (recorded in the twenty-sixth volume of the second book of Yu Zhi Shi Ji), the stone of even white tone, wood stand

The jade panel is in very good condition with the exception of the possible loss to the carving of the pine tree at the far right and middle, and tiny nicks to the front upper left edge, front top middle edge and three minute nicks to the back edges. It should be noted that the stone is of a slightly more whitish-celadon tone than the catalogue illustration would suggest.
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