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Lot Essay
The use of decorative inlaid panels and furniture was quite popular during the Qing dynasty, especially during the Yongzheng and Qianlong periods. Many feature hardstone, jade or wood elements carved in the form of archaic vessels, scholar's objects and antiques. See a detail of similarly inlaid doors of an imperial huanghuali kang cabinet in the Palace Museum, illustrated by Hu Desheng in Ming Qing gong ting jia ju da guan, vol. II, Beijing, 2006, pp. 554-555.
This kind of ornate applique framed panels was also a popular decorative element in the rooms of the palace, particularly those with floral designs or auspicious emblems. A rectangular panel in the Palace Museum, embellished with auspicious fruit and archaic vase applied to a yellow ground is shown on the wall of Cuiyunguan, the Hall of Green Cloud, illustrated in Furniture of the Ming and Qing Dynasties (II), The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong, 2002, no. 262. See a rectangular panel embellished with a plum blossom tree, which also shares similar gilt lacquer decoration found on the back of the present lot, op. cit., pl. 182.
Compare to an imperial inscribed zitan rectangular panel, dated to 1779, embellished with a similar ensemble of scholars' objects, sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 7 July (catalogue date 28 April) 2003, lot 599. Another pair of Qianlong yellow-ground double-gourd shaped panels was sold at Christie's London, 6 November 2007, lot 228.
This kind of ornate applique framed panels was also a popular decorative element in the rooms of the palace, particularly those with floral designs or auspicious emblems. A rectangular panel in the Palace Museum, embellished with auspicious fruit and archaic vase applied to a yellow ground is shown on the wall of Cuiyunguan, the Hall of Green Cloud, illustrated in Furniture of the Ming and Qing Dynasties (II), The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong, 2002, no. 262. See a rectangular panel embellished with a plum blossom tree, which also shares similar gilt lacquer decoration found on the back of the present lot, op. cit., pl. 182.
Compare to an imperial inscribed zitan rectangular panel, dated to 1779, embellished with a similar ensemble of scholars' objects, sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 7 July (catalogue date 28 April) 2003, lot 599. Another pair of Qianlong yellow-ground double-gourd shaped panels was sold at Christie's London, 6 November 2007, lot 228.