California Asian Art Auction California Asian Art Auction
 June 13, 2015  June 13, 2015

 Lot # 5899 
A WHITE JADE GEMS INLAID AND GILT-DECORATED TABLE SCREEN    白玉嵌百寶配禦題詩插屏


  • Dimension: Length without stand: 7 1/2 in (19.2 cm)
  • Estimate From: $1800
  • Estimate To: $2500

Of rectangular form, the white jade panel is inlaid with various gems and semi-precious gems, including turquoise, lapis lazuli, agate, spinach jade, tourmaline, coral, and jadeite, all against the white jade ground, depicting an official on a high terrace overlooking the pond with various rockworks and pine tree, his attendant holding a fan besides him, with another attendant holding a dish walking towards them, all in front of a walled building leading to the garden inside, with trees and rockworks and auspicious clouds in the background; the reverse is finely incised and gilded with a landscape scene of a riverside village amidst mountains, with three buildings on riverbank and various trees growing from the craggy rocky mountains, the upper right with imperial poem inscription and seal marks.