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A ZITAN FRAMED JADE AND HARDSTONE MOUNTED For a similar embellished lacquer panel, see the hardstone-inlaid
lacquer ‘antiques and auspicious fruit’ table screen from the Qianlong
LACQUER PANEL
18th century era sold in our Hong Kong rooms, 28 November 2017, lot 44. As cited
Of rectangular shape, the dark-hued densely-figured wood frame there, numerous similar examples are extant in the palace collection.
carved with a beaded interior edge enclosing a leiwen band, For examples, see The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace
surrounding the green lacquer ground displaying two raised relief Museum: Furniture of the Ming and Qing Dynasties (II), Hong Kong,
spinach jade vases both supported by elaborately-composed 2002, nos. 18, 19, 180, 182, and 183; as well as two related hanging
hardwood stands, the left of baluster shape supporting a gnarled panels in the Cuiyun Guan, Hall of Green Cloud, in the Forbidden City,
branch of five-petaled rose quartz peach blossoms, the right of illustrated ibid., no. 262.
modified stick neck shape supporting a thicker and larger branch of
white nephrite prunus blossoms, the neck of the latter vase encircled As the first to bloom in the late winter and early spring, prunus
by a curling dragon rendered in elaborate wire filigree. and peach are both associated with the New Year, suggesting the
40 1/2in (103cm) high possibility that the present lot could have been part of a larger set of
seasonal decorations.
$30,000 - 40,000

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