AN IMPERIAL DATED CLOISONNE ENAMEL RECTANGULAR PANEL

QIANLONG PERIOD, WITH CYCLICAL DATE, GUISI, CORRESPONDING TO 1773

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AN IMPERIAL DATED CLOISONNE ENAMEL RECTANGULAR PANEL
QIANLONG PERIOD, WITH CYCLICAL DATE, GUISI, CORRESPONDING TO 1773
Finely enamelled as a pair of pheasant standing on blue rocks surrounded by narcissus in the foreground and camellias, wax plum (lamei), nandina and podocarpus rising from behind, all below a poem by the Qianlong Emperor alluding to the scene, followed by the cyclical date, the two characters Yu ti (Imperial Poem), an inscription reading Chen Wang Jihua jing shu (Respectfully inscribed by Wang Jihua), and two seals
24 1/8 x 20 7/8 in. (76.5 x 53 cm.) with frame

Lot Essay

The inscription following the poem includes the name Wang Jihua (1717-1776), a native of Xiantang (present day Hangzhou in Zhejiang province), who served as a high official at the court of the Qianlong Emperor. Wang managed the Wuying Hall in the Forbidden City, a storehouse for various rare books and archives. In 1770, the Qianlong Emperor commissioned him to transcribe all seven volumes of the Lotus Sutra. Upon his death at the age of 60, Wang was given the posthumous title Wenzhuang. See Zhongguo meishujia renming cidian, Shanghai, 1981, p. 124.

An inlaid lacquer screen bearing a Yu zhi mark and an inscription including the name Wang Jihua and the same two seals was sold at Sotheby's, Hong Kong, 5 November 1996, lot 1002.

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