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A SUPERBLY CARVED 清乾隆

AND RARE EMBELLISHED 漆地剔彩嵌百寶歲朝
LACQUER PANEL INSCRIBED 慶壽圖長方掛屏

WITH AN IMPERIAL POEM 《癸酉元日立春帖子御筆》款

SEAL MARK AND PERIOD OF 詩文：
東皇綺律舒，三百八旬初，妙合麟經義，春王正月書。四序正權
QIANLONG, DATED GUIYOU 輿，雲看三素殊。慈寧重疊慶，春酒介屠穌。辛盤恰並椒盤獻，
YEAR (IN ACCORDANCE WITH 賀歲還兼賀節新，宜拂硃牋書大吉，今年元日是元春。
來源：
1753) 倫敦佳士得1974年11月25/26日，編號162

of rectangular form, exquisitely depicting a tasteful
assemblage of scholarly and auspicious objects to welcome
the New Year, with a profusion of different materials including
jade, polychrome on and stained ivory, porcelain, gilt-bronze,
carnelian, agate, and hardwood, all against an ochre lacquer
ground and within a cinnabar lacquer frame intricately carved
with lotus scrolls, the array of objects centred with a gilt-
bronze incense burner and wood cover surmounted with
a carnelian and agate finial, partially concealing a celadon
jade ruyi sceptre with undulating tassels, in front of a small
cloisonné enamel circular box and cover and a small slender
cloisonné enamel ovoid vase issuing forth gilt-bronze incense
tools, next to a large hardwood stand decorated with an
angular scrolled apron supporting a jade vessel issuing forth
a lacquered wood incense utensil, next to a large blue-glazed
porcelain dish, the dish with three finger-citrons, a lychee and
a chestnut represented with painted ivory, the assemblage
further decorated with a bronze archaistic fangding with jade
offerings next to a flambé-glazed vase with gnarled branches
bearing clusters of leaves and peony buds, the ochre ground
evenly punctuated with other decorations and auspicious
items, including handfuls of fruits and nuts made of hardstone
and painted ivory as well as a porcelain narcissus bowl with
thin stained ivory leaves, along with handscrolls, arrows
and firecrackers meticulously rendered with polychrome on
and stained ivory, the lower foreground with a set of stained
ivory figures of boys playing musical instruments on a wood
stand, the upper right corner incised with an imperial poem,
dated to the first day of the guiyou year (1753) and followed
by two seal marks reading Qian and Long respectively, all
below nine polychrome lacquer panels, each divided into
three main registers, the first of three rectangular cartouches,
each enclosing a pair of mythical beasts, the second register
of two stylised narrow bands of scrolls and florets flanking a
rectangular panel centred with a medallion enclosing the wan
symbol surrounded by a trefoil lappet border, all within floral
scrolls, the third with stylised leafy floral scrolls
132 by 105 cm, 52 by 41⅜ in.
PROVENANCE
Christie’s London, 25th/26th November 1974, lot 162.

◉ HK$ 4,000,000-6,000,000
US$ 510,000-765,000

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