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Unknown — A White Jade 'immortals' Table Screen [two Items]
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A White Jade 'immortals' Table Screen [two Items]

This exquisite white jade table screen, crafted in an oval form, showcases masterful carving depicting a celestial scene of immortals gathered within a pavilion amid swirling clouds, accompanied by symbolic figures bearing a large peach and fishing rod. A pair of elegant cranes clutching ruyi stems, along with lush lotus blooms, towering pine, and wutong trees, frame the composition in rich allegorical detail. The stone displays a remarkably even, pure white tone, and is presented upon a finely crafted reticulated wood stand.

Medium
Of oval form, finely carved to one side with immortals in a pavilion amidst rolling clouds, with one pair carrying a large peach and another clutching a fishing rod, with a pair of cranes grasping ruyi stems to the left, encircled by large lotus blooms and overhanging pine and wutong trees, the stone of an even white tone, reticulated wood stand.

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Works of Art from the Morpurgo Collection

October 31, 2018

Estimate: $3,000$5,000

Lot 44

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Unknown, A White Jade 'immortals' Table Screen [two Items]

This exquisite white jade table screen, crafted in an oval form, showcases masterful carving depicting a celestial scene of immortals gathered within a pavilion amid swirling clouds, accompanied by symbolic figures bearing a large peach and fishing rod. A pair of elegant cranes clutching ruyi stems, along with lush lotus blooms, towering pine, and wutong trees, frame the composition in rich allegorical detail. The stone displays a remarkably even, pure white tone, and is presented upon a finely crafted reticulated wood stand.

Medium
Of oval form, finely carved to one side with immortals in a pavilion amidst rolling clouds, with one pair carrying a large peach and another clutching a fishing rod, with a pair of cranes grasping ruyi stems to the left, encircled by large lotus blooms and overhanging pine and wutong trees, the stone of an even white tone, reticulated wood stand.
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Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Related themes

Immortals Iconography, White Color Palette, Mythological Subject, Unknown Artist, Traditional Chinese, Oval Format, Ornamental Object, Chinese Art, Jade Carving, Decorative Art, Relief Sculpture, Historical Artist

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Collected by

Richard Caswell, Sebastián Naranjo, Jonah Handel, Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris, Ethan Elkins, Alex Capecelatro, Mihail Lari, Cleveland Museum of Art