Jade table screen with decoration of figures shaded by pine trees, Qing dynasty, Qianlong reign (1736-1795)

Jade table screen with decoration of figures shaded by pine trees, Qing dynasty, Qianlong reign (1736-1795)

• Image Number: K1C000549N000000000PAB
• Dynasty: Qing dynasty
• Category: Jades
• Function: Furnisher
• Material: Minerals/Jade Jewelry/Jade
• Description:
  It is made of white jade with thin jade skin. One side is straight; One side bulges slightly with radian, like the leftover material after cutting. One side is embossed with landscape characters: Pan Tuo Ce Zhang, a boy with a zither. The blank space is engraved with a poem inscribed by Qianlong in a gold clerical script: “The imperial pine yin chart, the pan Tuo, sits under the pine and listens to the waves, and occupies the head of Ketou Yixinghao. Why drum when carrying Jiao Tong? The mountain water flows naturally.” The poem was recorded in “Complete Works of Imperial Poems and Prose of Emperor Gaozong of the Qing Dynasty – Second Volume of Imperial Poems”, page 34, 17, “The Painting of Zhang Zong’s Cangsong Yin High Scholars”, Renshen (17th year of Qianlong’s reign, 1752). On the other side, the plum branches extend across the mountain walls. The blank space is engraved with a poem inscribed by Qianlong in the official script in gold: “The imperial plum blossom poem was rolled into three friends in the Song and Yuan Dynasties. I have read a letter from my own family. I hope I can see you face to face today. Even Lin and Deng can open it.” The poem was recorded in the Complete Works of Imperial Poems and Prose of Emperor Gaozong of the Qing Dynasty, the Second Collection of Imperial Poems, on page 13 of volume 13