A PAIR OF LARGE HARDSTONE AND CINNABAR LACQUER-INLAID SCREENS

18TH-19TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF LARGE HARDSTONE AND CINNABAR LACQUER-INLAID SCREENS
18TH-19TH CENTURY
Each screen is inset with various materials including jade, turquoise, soapstone, cinnabar lacquer, coral and hardwood to depict jade archaistic vessels, hardstone carvings and lacquer books, surrounding a poetic inscription to the centre, all on an ochre lacquered ground. The screens are set into hardwood frames, each applied to the top with a gilt-metal bracket for suspension, modelled in the form of two arachaistic dragons confronting a shou medallion.
24 in. (61 cm.) wide x 36 ½ in. (92.6 cm.) high

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Lot Essay

The poem on both screens was composed by the Qianlong Emperor and is published in Qing Gaozong Yuzhi Shiwen Quanji (5), vol. 3, juan 43, The National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1976. This poem celebrates the arrival of spring during the New Year, conveying the emperor's wish for another year of good harvest and prosperity for the people.

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