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A PAIR OF LARGE HARDSTONE AND CINNABAR LACQUER- The poem on both screens was composed by the Qianlong Emperor and
INLAID SCREENS is published in Qing Gaozong Yuzhi Shiwen Quanji (5), vol. 3, juan 43, The
18TH-19TH CENTURY National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1976. This poem celebrates the arrival of
spring during the New Year, conveying the emperor’s wish for another year of
Each screen is inset with various materials including jade, turquoise, good harvest and prosperity for the people.

soapstone, cinnabar lacquer, coral and hardwood to depict jade archaistic 清十八/十九世紀 大漆嵌百寶博古圖掛屏一對

vessels, hardstone carvings and lacquer books, surrounding a poetic

inscription to the centre, all on an ochre lacquered ground. The screens are

set into hardwood frames, each applied to the top with a gilt-metal bracket

for suspension, modelled in the form of two arachaistic dragons confronting a

shou medallion.

24 in. (61 cm.) wide x 36Ω in. (92.6 cm.) high (2)

£30,000-50,000 $43,000-70,000
€38,000-63,000

Poem recorded in Qing Gaozong Yuzhi Shiwen Quanji (5), vol. 3, juan 43, The National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1976.

《乙酉春帖子》，載1976年臺北出版《清高宗御製詩文全集(五)》，御製詩三集，卷四十三

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