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A PAIR OF JADE AND HARDSTONE OVERLAY
LACQUER PANELS
Imperial workshops, 18th century The style and quality of these panels compare favorably with those
Each lacquered panel embellished with inset jade, coral, wood and depicted in Nancy Berliner et al (2010) The Emperor’s Private
other semiprecious stones to form birds and flower blossoms on an Paradise: Treasures from the Forbidden City Salem, MA: Peabody
light ochre lacquered ground, both with three incised poems in clerical Essex Museum, pp 102-103 cat. 25. See as well ibid, passim for
script with the signature of the calligrapher chen Jin Jian, each with a numerous other objects with similar quality and style hardstone overlay.
hardwood frame carved with bats and clouds, with silver wire inlay to Those published pieces all were meant to adorn the Juanqin Zhai,
the inner border. Qianlong’s ‘Studio of Exhaustion from Diligent Service’ in a corner of
41 5/8 x 28 1/4in (105.7 x 71.8cm), including the frame (2). the Forbidden City for him to enjoy towards the end of his career and
through his subsequent assumption of the role of ‘Emperor Emeritus’
$20,000 - 30,000 in 1795. In addition to imperial poems, the present lot is also inscribed
with poems signed by the 18th century Manchu official Jin Jian, known
十八世紀 御製漆地嵌百寶花鳥題詩掛屏一對 for his poetry and assigned by Qianlong to the editing of the Siku
Quanshu huiyao as well as other literary tasks throughout his long
career.

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