QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)

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A FINELY CARVED IMPERIAL HONGMU FRAME
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
Of rectangular form with canted corners, deeply carved on the front side with a continuous band of conjoined stylized archaistic kui dragon and ruyi-head scroll interrupted at the corners by a carved design of simplified ruyi heads, all between beaded edges, the wood of attractive dark reddish-brown colour
27 7/8 in. (70.9 cm.) high, 18¾ in. (47.6 cm.) wide, 1¾ in. (4.5 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

An embellished panel set within a very similar, though larger (120 cm.) zitan frame, carved in a closely related fashion, is in the collection of the Palace Museum, illustrated in Zitan Jiaju, Beijing, 2008, p. 265, no. 174, where it is dated to the middle Qing dynasty. The authors note that the illustrated frame is carved with stylized kui dragons, which appear to be similar to those seen on the present frame, and that the panel was given to the Qianlong emperor by an official on the occasion of his birthday. It is probable that the present frame would have contained a similarly embellished panel.

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