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PROPERTY FROM A NEW YORK PRIVATE COLLECTION
2080
A RARE IMPERIAL CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL LANDSCAPE PANEL
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
The rectangular panel is decorated with a scene of scholars and attendants gathered in and
around a pavilion in a mountain landscape, with a crane in fight above as it fies towards its
mate standing on the river bank. A hongmu panel mounted on the back has a gilt-highlighted,
carved imperial poem by the Qianlong Emperor referring to the scene, followed by the
signature of the prominent court offcial, Liang Guozhi.
Panel 19 x 16º in. (48.3 x 41.3 cm.)
$80,000-120,000
PROVENANCE:
Acquired in New York in the 1950s, and thence by descent within the family.
Liang Guozhi (1723-1786) was a native of Zhejiang province and attained the highest rank in the
metropolitan and Palace examinations. He subsequently held numerous important posts, including
Governor of Hubei Province, Councilor of the State, and Qianlong’s personal secretary, and was
involved in the compiling of Siku quanshu (‘Complete Books of the Four Repositories’).
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