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Lot Essay
It is rare to find lavishly enamelled cloisonne panels of such exquisite quality. The treatment of the colours of the enamels are particularly well executed with a remarkable artistic statement such as the presence of gold and orange hues outlining the green leaves to convey twilight.
The auspicious subjects such as peonies, lotus, butterflies and the kingfisher depicted in the current pair of panels would have suggested they were possibly part of the wall decoration in the palace chambers.
A smaller panel (44 x 37 cm.) similarly enamelled with five varieties of flowers, each with corresponding seven-word verse, is illustrated by H. Brinker and A. Lutz, Chinese Cloisonné: The Pierre Uldry Collection, The Asia Society Galleries, pl. 306.
A pair of Qianlong imperial 'butterflies and flowers' table screens with the same geometrical background as our present lot is included in Colorful, Elegant, and Exquisite: A Special Exhibition of Imperial Enamel Ware from Mr. Robert Chang's Collection, Suzhou Museum, 2007, p. 96.
Compare to a set of four related imperial panels, each depicting seasonal weather conditions, sold in Christie's Hong Kong, 28 April, 1996, lot 23. Also see a larger set of four rectangular cloisonne enamel 'flower' panels, from the collection of Lady Anne M.S. Durston, dated Qianlong-Jiaqing period, sold in Bonhams London, 12 November 2015, lot 209.
The auspicious subjects such as peonies, lotus, butterflies and the kingfisher depicted in the current pair of panels would have suggested they were possibly part of the wall decoration in the palace chambers.
A smaller panel (44 x 37 cm.) similarly enamelled with five varieties of flowers, each with corresponding seven-word verse, is illustrated by H. Brinker and A. Lutz, Chinese Cloisonné: The Pierre Uldry Collection, The Asia Society Galleries, pl. 306.
A pair of Qianlong imperial 'butterflies and flowers' table screens with the same geometrical background as our present lot is included in Colorful, Elegant, and Exquisite: A Special Exhibition of Imperial Enamel Ware from Mr. Robert Chang's Collection, Suzhou Museum, 2007, p. 96.
Compare to a set of four related imperial panels, each depicting seasonal weather conditions, sold in Christie's Hong Kong, 28 April, 1996, lot 23. Also see a larger set of four rectangular cloisonne enamel 'flower' panels, from the collection of Lady Anne M.S. Durston, dated Qianlong-Jiaqing period, sold in Bonhams London, 12 November 2015, lot 209.