A FINE IMPERIAL POLYCHROME IVORY- AND BONE-INLAID PANEL

Estimated Value:

60.000 € - 100.000 €

Result:

incl. Premium and VAT

Description:

China, Qianlong period
74 x 91 cm / 89 x 105 cm R.
The rectangular panel is finely inlaid with meticulous details in polychrome bone with a mythical scene , depicting various immortals near a pagoda. The scene is set in a mountainous landscape dotted with bridges and pavilions, and enlivened with verdant vegetation, all against a background of graduated blue, the hardwood frame carved in shallow relief with a leaf scroll border.
Old and important South German private collection, assembled before 1990 - The trade certificate for the sale of this lot is available - Partially age-related minor damages, minor rep., back wall damaged to one corner
An ivory-inlaid standing screen in the Palace Museum, Beijing, which depicts a similar scene is illustrated in Bamboo, Wood and Ivory Carvings, The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Hong Kong, 2002, vol. 44, p.244, no. 195. Another pair of similar carved ivory-inlaid screens, also from the Palace Museum Collection, Beijing, was included in the exhibition La Cité Interdite, Musee du Petit Palais, Paris, 1996, illustrated in the Catalogue, nos. 113 and 114. Compare, also to an ivory and jichimu inlaid standing screen sold at Christie's London, 7 November 2006, lot 65

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