Lot description
A MAGNIFICENT PAIR OF WHITE JADE CIRCULAR SCREENS QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795) Each exquisitely carved in shallow relief to depict a mountain landscape scene, the first detailed with two scholars under wutong trees, the mid-distance with two young attendants, both bearing a laden tray, standing on a path leading to a pavilion in the far distance, partially hidden by tall mountains, the reverse with a pair of deer in a landscape scene; the second panel similarly carved with two scholars as if in conversation, whilst at mid-distance a young attendant is standing on a raised terrace platform observing his companion is striking a musical stone, suspended from an arched frame, the reverse side with a pair of cranes in landscape, both screens of semi-translucent even white tone 9 7/8 in. (25 cm.) diam., wood stands (2)
