PRINTThe Imperial inscriptions on the present lot eulogizes the disc and the poem reads:詠黃玉璧伯雍種太寧子產薦.靈色自如蒸栗精惟化填星剛柔.中德.潤永千齡鄙矣趙卿問懷哉鮑氏銘御製玉璧詩臣蔣賜棨敬書 Roughly meaning: Imperial poem of Jade bi According to the book Sou Shen Ji (In Search of the Supernatural) of the Eastern Jin dynasty (AD 317-420), Yang Bo Yong plants seeds of stone to grow jade. During the Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC), Zi Chan, a statesman of the State of Zheng, refused to sacrifice precious jade wares for the prevention of fire disaster. Fine quality yellow jade exhibits colour resembling the steamed chestnut and the “earth star”, Saturn. It should be neither too hard nor too soft and has shiny luscious appearance that last for eternity. Zhao Jianzi, Minister of the Jin State in Eastern Zhou (770-256 BC) coveted the jade pendant, a national treasure of the Chu State. He once asked Wang Sun Yu, an official of the Chu State if the jade pendant was still in the State. The Inscription of Jade Bi written by Bao Hangqing of the Southern dynasties (420589) is memorable. Written by the official Jiang Ciqi (1730-1802) The Collected Poetry of the Qianlong Emperor contains over seven hundred poems on jade, which testify to the importance of the material. The intricately carved table screen not only has an ornamental value of beautifying the surroundings, furnishings
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A RARE IMPERIAL ZITAN MOUNTED TABLE SCREEN INLAY WITH AN ARCHAIC JADE BI
QIANLONG AND OF THE PERIOD (1736-1795) |
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The plain bi of greyish green with cloudy creamy white and strikes of russet inclusion, mounted in a square zitan frame carved with four in circular motif in the four cardinal directions, the bi secured by a central plug carved with the trigrams qian of Qianlong, the reverse inscribed with a gilt poem within the rectangular panel, the frame fitting into a stand carved with archaistic scrollwork and raised bosses above a central taotie mask set in between further archaistic scrolls on the apron, resting on a slightly slanted feet, the material of even dark colour with characteristic graining. |
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Estimate
6,000,000 - 9,600,000 23,438,000 - 37,500,000 773,200 - 1,237,100
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The Imperial inscriptions on the present lot eulogizes the disc and the poem reads:詠黃玉璧伯雍種太寧子產薦.靈色自如蒸栗精惟化填星剛柔.中德.潤永千齡鄙矣趙卿問懷哉鮑氏銘御製玉璧詩臣蔣賜棨敬書 Roughly meaning: Imperial poem of Jade bi According to the book Sou Shen Ji (In Search of the Supernatural) of the Eastern Jin dynasty (AD 317-420), Yang Bo Yong plants seeds of stone to grow jade. During the Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC), Zi Chan, a statesman of the State of Zheng, refused to sacrifice precious jade wares for the prevention of fire disaster. Fine quality yellow jade exhibits colour resembling the steamed chestnut and the “earth star”, Saturn. It should be neither too hard nor too soft and has shiny luscious appearance that last for eternity. Zhao Jianzi, Minister of the Jin State in Eastern Zhou (770-256 BC) coveted the jade pendant, a national treasure of the Chu State. He once asked Wang Sun Yu, an official of the Chu State if the jade pendant was still in the State. The Inscription of Jade Bi written by Bao Hangqing of the Southern dynasties (420589) is memorable. Written by the official Jiang Ciqi (1730-1802) The Collected Poetry of the Qianlong Emperor contains over seven hundred poems on jade, which testify to the importance of the material. The intricately carved table screen not only has an ornamental value of beautifying the surroundings, furnishings