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A KINGFISHER-FEATHER-INSET 'LANDSCAPE' PANEL Qianlong/Jiaqing image 1
A KINGFISHER-FEATHER-INSET 'LANDSCAPE' PANEL Qianlong/Jiaqing image 2
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Lot 199Y

A KINGFISHER-FEATHER-INSET 'LANDSCAPE' PANEL
Qianlong/Jiaqing

15 May 2025, 11:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

£8,000 - £12,000

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A KINGFISHER-FEATHER-INSET 'LANDSCAPE' PANEL

Qianlong/Jiaqing
Meticulously decorated with lavish use of turquoise-blue kingfisher feathers reserved on a luxurious velvet ground, depicting rugged mountains surrounding a lake with figures walking among two large pavilions in the foreground, all amidst pine, bamboo and wutong trees, all set in a skilfully carved wood frame. Overall 79cm (31in) wide × 61.5cm (24 1/4in) high.

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清乾隆/嘉慶  木邊框點翠山水圖屏

Provenance: an English private collection

來源: 英國私人收藏

The use of the prized kingfisher feathers in appliqué technique reached its peak in the 18th century, with the majority of workshops specialising in utilising the feathers for decoration and in carving the precious zitan wood, located in Guangzhou. Such works were commissioned by the Qing Court and made as Imperial tribute.

Compare with a pair of related screens with kingfisher feather decoration, Qianlong, in the Shengyang Palace Museum, and a further panel in the Forbidden City, illustrated by B.Jackson, Kingfisher Blue: Treasures of an Ancient Chinese Art, Toronto, 2001, pp.30-31 and p.186. See also three other screens decorated with kingfisher feathers, mid-Qing dynasty, made in Guangzhou as Imperial tribute, illustrated by Hu Desheng, Ming Qing Gu Gongting Jia Zhu Da Guan, vol.1, Beijing, 2006, nos.388, 394 and 396.

Compare with a related zitan-framed kingfisher-feather-inlaid 'landscape' panel, 18th/19th century, which was sold at Bonhams London, 3 November 2022, lot 189.

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