Lot Essay
Compare a hanging screen applied with a number of different objects, including an enamel vase inscribed da ji and a lantern with long pearl tassels, with a carved wood frame, which is illustrated in Life in the Forbidden City, Beijing, 2009, pl. 368, where other screens can be seen pls. 214 and 175, together with a figure on a base inlaid with large pale lotus petals, pl. 216. See also a virtually identical framed panel sold at Sotheby's London, 12 June 1990, lot 129.