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A MAGNIFICENT AND MASSIVE IMPERIAL
STAINED IVORY-EMBELLISHED ZITAN SCREEN

QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)

The rectangular ivory panel is exquisitely carved in relief of
varying depths and stained in various shades of multiple colours
to depict nine scholars on horseback and their attendants entering
a bustling scene through the Gate of Yuxian and passing through
the Cave of Chaoyang along a winding path across a lake
with residences, wutong and pine trees, and mountains on the
embankment. The ivory panel is inset within a zitan frame carved
with floral scrolls on keyfret. The frame is supported on a large
zitan stand elaborately carved with lotus scrolls on keyfret on the
aprons and spandrels.
50 ¡ in. (127.8 cm.) high; 52 √ in. (134.5 cm.) wide;
20 √ in. (53 cm.) deep

HK$4,200,000-6,000,000 US$550,000-780,000

PROVENANCE

A private family collection, Toulouse, France, acquired in the late
19th century

清乾隆 御製紫檀嵌象牙學士遊樂圖大插屏

來源
法國圖魯茲家族珍藏，入藏於十九世紀末

fig. 1 Collection of the National Palace Museum, Taipei
（圖一）國立故宮博物院藏品

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