Lot Essay
A similar example of an inlaid screen was exhibited, Tributes From Guangdong to the Qing Court, Chinese University of Hong Kong art Gallery, 28 February to 12 April 1987, no. 86.
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QIANLONG (1736-95)
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AN IVORY AND HARDSTONE INLAID ZITAN HANGING PANEL
QIANLONG (1736-95)
Inlaid on top of the blue-painted ground with two phoenix beside a gnarled blossoming prunus tree, surrounded by various other birds, some perched on the tree, some in flight and some resting on lapis-lazuli rockwork, amongst flowering plants and lingzhi made of coral and kingfisher feather, each of the birds finely painted with details of feathers, tails and eyes, the frame finely carved with a wan diaper ground and previously with bat-shaped inlays, the gilt-bronze hanging bracket of ruyi shape cast with three linked bats
32 x 46¼ in. (81 x 118 cm.)
QIANLONG (1736-95)
Inlaid on top of the blue-painted ground with two phoenix beside a gnarled blossoming prunus tree, surrounded by various other birds, some perched on the tree, some in flight and some resting on lapis-lazuli rockwork, amongst flowering plants and lingzhi made of coral and kingfisher feather, each of the birds finely painted with details of feathers, tails and eyes, the frame finely carved with a wan diaper ground and previously with bat-shaped inlays, the gilt-bronze hanging bracket of ruyi shape cast with three linked bats
32 x 46¼ in. (81 x 118 cm.)
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