Lot n°118. A PAIR OF IMPERIAL DOUBLE-GOURD SHAPED INLAID LACQUER PANELS - QIANLONG (1736-95)
Each inlaid in various hardstones, gilt bronze, enamels, wood, ivory and mother-of-pearl with archaistic vases on stands issuing blossoming branches, beside various pendants, reserved on lacquered yellow grounds, within wood frames mounted with elaborately cast ribboned handles and C-scroll hanging bracket. 29 1/8 x 26¾ in. (74 x 68 cm.) (2) - Estimate £60,000-80,000

(A similarly decorated Imperial carved and inlaid wall panel was sold in Sotheby's Hong Kong, 23 October 2005, lot 362.)

Christie's London. FINE CHINESE CERAMICS AND WORKS OF ART INCLUDING EXPORT ART. 6 November 2007, 10:30 am. 8 King Street, St. James's, London - www.christies.com