1st Jun, 2021 10:00

Chinese Art: 100 Stories

 
  Lot 37
 

A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE ‘TAO YUANMING’ TABLE SCREEN.

A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE ‘TAO YUANMING’ TABLE SCREEN.

Qing Dynasty.

The circular plaque enclosing a scene depicting two scholars one seated beneath a tree, the other standing and observing an approaching attendant carrying a stringless qin, inscribed to the upper right, mounted within a pierced wood table screen, 13cm diameter, total 41cm H. (2)

清 木鏤雕嵌青花繪士大夫圖紋瓷板插屏

款識:出自陶淵明詩,「但得琴中趣,何勞弦上聲」款

The inscription is from a poem by Tao Yuanming called Poem on a Stringless Qin, and has been translated,

If one just knows the inner significance of the qin,

Why make the effort to put on the strings and make sounds?

Tao is often depicted holding a qin but he is known for a famous incident during his time at Donglin monastery. After entertaining his two friends and seeing them off the premises absorbed in conversation accidentally wandered in tiger country. When the animals gave a howl, the three men burst out laughing.

Sold for £812

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