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A MAGNIFICENT TWELVE-PANEL INLAID 清康熙 嵌螺鈿皇家狩獵圖十二扇圍屏
LACQUER ‘IMPERIAL HUNTING’ SCREEN
來源：
QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD
意大利古老貴族世家舊藏
comprising twelve wooden panels, each covered with layers
of black lacquer and exceptionally inlaid with mother-of-pearl
and tortoiseshell with painted details and applied with gold and
silver leaf and dust, the panels uniting to comprise an imperial
hunting scene depicting a procession, a party of mounted
huntsmen and women, attendants and soldiers, entering a
walled hunting park through a gate while engaged in a pursuit
of game and birds, the fifth panel rendered with a central
figure, possibly the Kangxi Emperor himself, seated astride a
white stallion, dressed in the Manchu short black winter coat
over an elaborately embroidered long robe, the coat decorated
with a square insignia of rank at the front, adorned with a
headdress embellished with two long pheasant feathers, the
central figure accompanied by various riders, including two
court ladies, one holding a musical instrument and the other
rendered holding a pipe in a gesture of offering to the central
figure, the huntsmen depicted holding weapons including
bows and arrows, slings, spears and a gun, the animated scene
highlighted with a solder holding a billowing Bordered Yellow
Banner, two further horsemen behind him blowing hunting
horns and another one carrying gold incense burners, the
rural setting decorated with hounds playfully wresting with
their prey, one with a monkey and another with a leopard, the
imperial hunting scene executed in the centre of the panels
and framed within a rectangular border, the top and bottom
of each panel save for the first and last finely decorated with
a magpie perched on rocks with gnarled branches issuing
clusters of leaves, the first and last panels delicately picked
out with auspicious emblems including fruiting and flowering
branches issuing from gu vessels, beribbonned leaves and
bells, all within a border enclosing detached stylised lotus
scrolls, the reverse of each panel vibrantly painted in vivid
tones of yellow and orange with various flowering and fruiting
sprays including peony, lotus, lingzhi and pomegranate
accentuated with small green leaves
each panel 198.5 by 37 by 2 cm, 78½ by 14⅝ by¾ in.
PROVENANCE
An ancient Italian noble family collection.
HK$ 3,000,000-4,000,000
US$ 383,000-510,000

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