Un panneau impérial à décor incrusté - Chine, dynastie Qing, époque Jiaqing (1796-1820)

à décor de vases fleuris en cloisonnés et pierres dures sur un fond orangé, une inscription impériale en caractères zhuanshu teintés vert dans le coin supérieur droit. Adapté en plateau de table basse. Adapted as a low table. 61 x 92,5 x 42 cm, 24 x 36 3/8 x 16 1/2 in. Estimé: 20,000—30,000 EUR

CATALOGUE NOTE: The production of complex, high relief encrusted wall screens would have required the involvement of a number of departments within the Imperial workshops, given the various different media, and therefore skills, represented: metalwork, hardstones, wood, all coordinated and strictly controlled by the Zaobanchu (The Household Department). Few examples of this type of wall screen are extant, but compare a closely related piece with an inlaid poem photographed in situ in a chamber of the Forbidden City, illustrated in The Forbidden City, Hong Kong, 2002, pl.45. Also see a wall screen decorated with various hardstones, sold in our London rooms, 11^th June 1996, lot 154, and again in our Hong Kong rooms, 23^rd October 2005, lot 362; and another carved with a poem, sold our Hong Kong rooms, 5^th November 1996, lot 1002.

Sotheby's Paris. Asian Arts. 12 Jun 08, 4:00 PM