A RARE IMPERIAL INSCRIBED CLOISONNE ENAMEL, GILT-BRONZE AND ZITAN MINIATURE SCREEN

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A RARE IMPERIAL INSCRIBED CLOISONNE ENAMEL, GILT-BRONZE AND ZITAN MINIATURE SCREEN
QIANLONG
Comprising five tall rectangular leaves containing pierced cloisonne plaques, three in line flanked by two oblique, each above a bat set within gilt-bronze frames chased with flowers and foliage and framed by gilt-bronze key-pattern borders, the plaques with a central florette motif containing a pearl and centered by a foliate design above and below, surmounted by a zitan pediment inlaid in silver with key-pattern and inset with gilt-bronze bats and shou characters, supported by ruyi-shaped brackets on a waisted zitan stand carved with lotus petals and inset with cloisonne oval plaques and pierced ruyi motifs, the reverse comprising zitan panels incised and gilt with five poetic inscriptions framed in gilt-bronze and bamboo
19 1/4 x 24in. (49 x 61cm.)

Lot Essay

A full-sized cloisonne enamel and zitan screen was included in the Chinese University of Hong Kong Exhibition, Tributes from Guangdong to the Qing Court, Catalogue, no.90. Yang Boda refers to a similar screen having been presented to the Emperor Qianlong by the Governor of Guangdong, Debao, op.cit., p.139

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