Property from the De An Tang Collection

A spinach-green jade ꦏ'daji' 'double-gourd' table screen

Qing dynasty, Qianlong – Jiaqing period

德安堂藏玉

清乾隆至嘉慶 碧玉大吉葫蘆插屏

crisply carved in relief and openwork on each side with the characters da ji ('great auspiciousness'), each character within a border of ruyi clouds and C-scrolls, all encircled by leafy curling tendrils issuing smaller double gourds, the upper lobe flanked by bats in flight amidsꦫt scrolling clouds, the stone of a deep spinach tone with darker green inclusions, wood stand

23.4 cm