拍品專文
Screens of this design were part of furnishings in the Imperial Palace; cf. a three-panel table screen with inscriptions, illustrated in Mingqing Shinei Chenshe, Forbidden Palace Press, p. 63, no. 46.
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細節
AN IMPERIAL IVORY-EMBELLISHED HARDWOOD TABLE SCREEN
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
The central panel overlaid with stained ivory carvings to depict a scene of a crane standing on rockwork beneath an aged pine tree on a verdant ground growing flowers, against the sky-blue shaded background, flanked by a side panel similarly carved, the reverse side gilt-decorated with bats in flight against a black lacquer ground, the panels are framed under a carved hardwood capital decorated with shou characters interspersed with bats in flight against a ruyi-cloud ground, and supported on a waisted plinth finely carved with lappets
31 7/8 in. (81 cm.) wide
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
The central panel overlaid with stained ivory carvings to depict a scene of a crane standing on rockwork beneath an aged pine tree on a verdant ground growing flowers, against the sky-blue shaded background, flanked by a side panel similarly carved, the reverse side gilt-decorated with bats in flight against a black lacquer ground, the panels are framed under a carved hardwood capital decorated with shou characters interspersed with bats in flight against a ruyi-cloud ground, and supported on a waisted plinth finely carved with lappets
31 7/8 in. (81 cm.) wide
注意事項
Prospective purchasers are advised that several countries prohibit the importation of property containing materials from endangered species, including but not limited to coral, ivory, tortoiseshell and crocodile. Accordingly, prospective purchasers should familiarize themselves with relevant customs regulations prior to bidding if they intend to import this lot into another country.