A rare pale green jade rectangular panel
18th/19th century
The jade of even pale green hue, crisply carved on one side with a scene of two fishermen steering their craft down a rapid river beside a rocky bank with pines, two figures in the background carrying loads over their shoulders whilst crossing a humped bridge with a low pavilion in the distance, all beneath an inscription, the reverse with a scholar standing on a cliff contemplating a distant scene of steep mountain slopes enclosing a waterfall and accompanied by a young attendant carrying a wrapped qin, wood stand, box.
22.5cm high x 15.3cm wide (8¾in high x 6in wide) (3).
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