A white jade rectangular table screen. 18th/19th century

Deeply carved with a scene of two elderly sages having descended from their open pavilion set in high mountains amidst the clouds, standing beneath two large pine trees on the rocky banks of a shallow stream growing profusely with maple trees, their young attendant wading by a waterfall after returning from the far side with a bunch of freshly-picked lingzhi for his masters, the finely polished stone of pale greenish-white tone - 8¼ in. (21 cm.) high, wood stand - Estimate: $20,000 - $30,000  - Price Realized: $80,500 

Provenance : Sotheby's, New York, 24 June 1982, lot 156.

Christie's. Masterworks of Ancient and Imperial China. 17 September 2008. New York, Rockefeller Plaza. www.christies.com