λ A CHINESE ZITAN AND KINGFISHER FEATHER-EMBELLISHED 'MOUNT PENGLAI' PANEL

λ A CHINESE ZITAN AND KINGFISHER FEATHER-EMBELLISHED 'MOUNT PENGLAI' PANEL
18TH CENTURY

Decorated with five figures of scholars, two seated within a pavilion and three standing by the water's edge, and two deer before a pagoda, all within a rocky landscape dotted with bamboo and wutong trees, with an inscription reading Penglai shen chu, all within a zitan framed carved with bats and chilong, glazed, together with some parts from a hardwood stand, 72cm x 57cm.

Provenance: from the collection of Dr John William Hawksley Grice OBE (1891–1976) and thence by descent.

For a related panel depicting a gathering within a mountain landscape see the example in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Classics of the Forbidden City: Imperial Furniture of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, p.290.

十八世紀 紫檀及硬木嵌點翠蓬萊山水紋屏風
來源：John William Hawksley Grice 醫生(1891–1976)收藏，之後由家人繼承。

Ivory Act 2018 exemption, ref. GY3F3EJZ