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It appears that no other imperial screens decorated with this complex combination of materials and techniques have been published. Its mixed sinicised baroque and Chinese elements suggest an archetypal high Qianlong taste. The varied techniques including painted lacquer, wood carving, overlay, paintings on silk and on paper, kesi silk embroidery and gilding must have employed the expertise and co-operation from several of the imperial workshops.
Highly elaborate large screens of this type using a complex combination of media and techniques were probably specific imperial commissions to commemorate special occasions. Compare with a pair of massive screens made to celebrate the sixtieth birthday of Emperor Kangxi, illustrated in Furniture of the Ming and Qing Dynasties (II), The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong, 2002, pp. 228-231, no. 196-197. Each of the Kangxi screens is constructed of sixteen folds, and inset with panels of calligraphy executed by the imperial princes and set within zitan frame embellished with mother-of-pearl and polychrome lacquer.
Compare with a related huali wood nine-fold screen in the Palace Museum Collection, similarly embellished with kesi panels of flowers and rockwork, illustrated op. cit., 2002, p. 220, no. 189, dated to the Yongzheng-Qianlong period. An imperial throne with equally fine polychrome lacquer and intricately carved details sent by the Emperor Qianlong for his personal use during a visit to Prince Ji, formerly in the Philippe Berthelot and Regency Collections, illustrated by M. Beurdeley in Chinese Furniture, 1979, pl. 176.
Highly elaborate large screens of this type using a complex combination of media and techniques were probably specific imperial commissions to commemorate special occasions. Compare with a pair of massive screens made to celebrate the sixtieth birthday of Emperor Kangxi, illustrated in Furniture of the Ming and Qing Dynasties (II), The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong, 2002, pp. 228-231, no. 196-197. Each of the Kangxi screens is constructed of sixteen folds, and inset with panels of calligraphy executed by the imperial princes and set within zitan frame embellished with mother-of-pearl and polychrome lacquer.
Compare with a related huali wood nine-fold screen in the Palace Museum Collection, similarly embellished with kesi panels of flowers and rockwork, illustrated op. cit., 2002, p. 220, no. 189, dated to the Yongzheng-Qianlong period. An imperial throne with equally fine polychrome lacquer and intricately carved details sent by the Emperor Qianlong for his personal use during a visit to Prince Ji, formerly in the Philippe Berthelot and Regency Collections, illustrated by M. Beurdeley in Chinese Furniture, 1979, pl. 176.
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