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49
A MAGNIFICENT AND VERY RARE PAIR OF ZITAN-FRAMED
KINGFISHER FEATHER-INLAID ‘LANDSCAPE’ SCREENS
Qianlong
Each exquisitely decorated with lavish use of turquoise-blue kingfisher
feathers and other materials reserved against a luxurious velvet
ground, depicting rugged mountain and lake landscapes dotted with
pavilions and pagodas, the leaves, tree trunks and rocks all made from
kingfisher feathers, one screen depicting a boy-attendant carrying a
guqin to a seated sage below pine trees, with swirling clouds amidst
the tall craggy peaks, the other screen with figures in a house gazing
out to the lake with a sampan, all set in a shaped skillfully carved zitan
frame carved with archaistic scrolls in low relief and stand pierced with
floral sprays.
111.2cm (43 3/4in) high x 56.7cm (22 1/4in) wide x 31.2cm (12 1/4in)
deep (2).

£120,000 - 180,000
CNY1,100,000 - 1,600,000

清乾隆 紫檀邊座點翠山水人物圖插屏一對
Lot 49 (invoice)
Provenance:
H.E. Monsieur Aleksander Vlangali (1823-1908), Russian Ambassador
Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary in China (1863-1873)
Spink & Son Ltd., London
Mrs E. A. Parry (1879-1977), London, acquired from the above on
31 July 1926, and thence by descent

Published, Illustrated and Exhibited:
Royal Academy of Arts, International Exhibition of Chinese Art, London,
1935-1936, pp.215-216, nos.2500 and 2511.

來源：
俄駐華公使亞歷山大·弗蘭加利（1823-1908） 藏
倫敦古董商Spink & Son Ltd.
倫敦E. A. Parry夫人（1879-1977）舊藏，於1926年7月31日購自上
者，並由後人保存迄今

展覽著錄：
皇家藝術學院，《中國藝術國際展覽會》，倫敦，1935-1936年，
頁215-216，編號2500与2511

Aleksander Vlangali descended from nobility of St. Petersburg. He
participated as an officer in the Crimean War of 1853-1856. In the late
1850s he entered the Imperial Russian diplomatic service and was
promoted in July 1863 to the position of the Russian Ambassador
Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary in China, a position which he
held until November 1873. In 1865 he was made Major General.

亞歷山大·弗蘭加利（Aleksander Vlangali）為出身於聖彼得堡的俄國
貴族。他曾作為軍官參加了 1853-1856年的克里米亞戰爭。十九世紀
五十年代後期，任職俄羅斯帝國外交部門，並於1863年7月任命為俄
駐華公使，直至1873年11月。1865年，亞歷山大被擢升為少將。

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