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It is rare to find lavishly enamelled cloisonne panels of such exquisite quality. A pair of Qianlong imperial 'butterflies and flowers' table screens with the
The treatment of the colours of the enamels are particularly well executed with same geometrical background as our present lot is included in Colorful,
a remarkable artistic statement such as the presence of gold and orange hues Elegant, and Exquisite: A Special Exhibition of Imperial Enamel Ware from Mr.
outlining the green leaves to convey twilight. Robert Chang's Collection, Suzhou Museum, 2007, p. 96.
The auspicious subjects such as peonies, lotus, butterflies and the kingfisher Compare to a set of four related imperial panels, each depicting seasonal
depicted in the current pair of panels would have suggested they were possibly weather conditions, sold in Christie's Hong Kong, 28 April, 1996, lot 23. Also
part of the wall decoration in the palace chambers. see a larger set of four rectangular cloisonne enamel 'flower' panels, from the
collection of Lady Anne M.S. Durston, dated Qianlong-Jiaqing period, sold in
A smaller panel (44 x 37 cm.) similarly enamelled with five varieties of flowers, Bonhams London, 12 November 2015, lot 209.
each with corresponding seven-word verse, is illustrated by H. Brinker and
A. Lutz, Chinese Cloisonné: The Pierre Uldry Collection, The Asia Society
Galleries, pl. 306.