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New York |23 Sep 2020 | 09:00 AM EDT

Lot 669

AN EXTRAORIDINARY AND RARE 'DAOIST IMMORTALS' HARDSTONE -INLAID PANEL, QING
DYNASTY, QIANLONG PE RIOD
Estimate: 150,000 - 250,000 USD

AN EXTRAORIDINARY AND RARE 'DAOIST IMMORTALS' HARDSTONE-INLAID PANEL
QING DYNASTY, QIANLONG PERIOD
清乾隆 銅鎏金鑲百寶瀛洲仙人圖屏

lavishly and colorfully inlaid with a variety of hardstones including, jade, jadeite, lapis lazuli, rose quartz, agate, malachite and
amethyst, artfully arranged depicting a paradisiacal gathering of Daoist immortals, several standing atop a jagged mountain peak
bearing silk-wrapped wire, jade and hardstone bouquets, another figure trekking up the hillside, and one navigating a gnarled wood
raft through rolling waves towards the others, amidst rockwork studded with pine trees, numerous sprigs of lingzhi, darting and
perching crane, and a grazing deer, all against a gilt-metal ground chased with densely scrolling clouds and enclosed within a
narrow keyfret border of blue cloisonné enamel

Width 55 in., 139 cm

Provenance
Collection of Lee Van Ching (circa 1869-1931).
American Art Association, New York, 14th February 1917, lot 217.
Collection of William Boyce Thompson (1869-1930), and thence by descent.

來源
李文卿 (約1869-1931) 收藏
美國藝術聯盟，1917年2月14日，編號217

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