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A VERY RARE PAIR OF IMPERIAL KESI PANELS
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    HK$3,000,000 - HK$5,000,000
  • ($388,839 - $648,065)

Sale Information

Sale 2711
the imperial saleimportant chinese ceramics and works of art
27 May 2009
Convention Hall Buy Catalog




Lot Description

A VERY RARE PAIR OF IMPERIAL KESI PANELS
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)

Each panel woven to depict an intricate paradise landscape scene detailed with hills, trees, lakes and elegant pavilions, the first panel with a gathering of immortals dressed in elaborately detailed garments, variously engaged in conversation, attended by young acolytes; the second panel depicting a similar scene of immortals holding various auspicious items including lingzhi fungus, a vase, ruyi sceptre, trays of peaches and jue-shaped wine cups, whilst in the far distance another group of immortals is seated at a table on a terrace engaged in a game of chess, the details highlighted with pigments, each panel mounted within a ruyi-shaped hardwood frame, fitted with a metal hanging bracket, the reserve side applied with black lacquer and gilt-decorated with bats in flight amidst wispy ruyi-clouds
47 3/4 in. (121.3 cm.) wide (2)


清乾隆 御製緙絲仙山樓閣集慶掛屏一對

本色地上緙織崇山、 樓閣, 仙人相會其間, 或談詩論藝, 或觀景奕碁, 周圍點綴著象徵長壽的蒼松、 翠柏、 壽桃。

此圖風格工麗細膩, 在工藝技巧上繡、繪結合。 工筆處精織細緙, 寫意處筆墨渲染; 細微處輔以繁複的技法, 實為少見佳作。

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Pre-Lot Text

PROPERTY FROM A CHINESE FAMILY COLLECTION

Provenance

Acquired by the present collector in the 1960s

Lot Notes

Compare with similar themes on a pair of kesi panels sold at Christie's London, 11 November 2003, lot 93. It is interesting to note the similarity of the fine and elaborate detailing of the garments rendered on the cited example and the present panels.

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