清乾隆 青白玉御題詩協琴訪友圖桌屏題識:御題攜琴訪友圖,廉折和平理可觀,高山流水感多端。相逢底用班荊論,便向松風深處彈。乾隆十二年,臣江由敦。來源:重要私人珍藏Dimensions: 11 x 7,7 cm. (4 ? x 3 in.)
The size of the screen would have made it ideal for the scholar's table. It is perhaps due to their use on the scholar's table that screens of this type often depict scenes of immortals, scholars, or the refined pleasures of the literati class. The subject of xi qin fang you, 'taking the qin to visit a friend', depicted in our present jade screen, is one of the favorite iconographies for the Qing court. Compare the scholarly subject matter depicted in an imperially inscribed white jade table screen, of similar size, dated to the Qianlong period, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum - III - Jadeware, Hong Kong, 1996, pp. 56, no. 45.