Lot 40
CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL 'NEW YEAR'S SCENE' TABLE SCREEN
QING DYNASTY, 18TH-19TH CENTURY
Fine Asian & Islamic Works of Art | 713
Auction: 4 November 2022 at 10:00 GMT
Description
清 董誥款 銅胎掐絲琺瑯《李士達歲朝圖》木框桌屏
款識: 豐年景自煙村見/衣食麤完具盖蔵/梅朶芳菲報春信/桞條搖曵漏韶光/招呼東舍西隣近/戯耍騃童稚子忙/獨有圍爐題句者/屠蘓最後飲猶强/御製題李士達歲朝圖/臣董誥敬書/臣/誥
depicting a village surrounded by trees adjoining misty and hilly mountains, a mother holding a boy's hand on a bridge joining further boys at play outdoors whilst a couple peeping through the door watching firecrackers, further figures indoors, one scholar reading before a large window, a group of people eating and drinking next door, inscribed with a poem by Qianlong, signed and sealed Dong Gao, all at the upper right-hand corner of the gold sky, with wooden frame
Dimensions
48.8cm x 34.2cm
Footnote
Note: Inspired after appraising the ink and colour on paper scroll depicting the New Year's scene in a village by Li Shida (1550-1620), which is now in the collection of The Palace Museum Beijing, Qianlong emperor (reign 1735-1796) composed a poem dedicated to this painting. It is compiled in the fourth collection, fifty-fifth volume of the Siku Quanshu (Library of the Four Treasuries), entitled 'Li Shi Da Sui Chao Tu' (李士達歲朝圖, The New Year's Scene by Li Shida). The naming of the painting, 'Li Shi Da Sui Chao Cun Qing Tu Zhou' (李士達歲朝村慶圖軸, Scroll Painting of New Year's Scene in a Village by Li Shida) is according to the content of the poem by Qianlong Emperor. [1]
It is indicated in the inscriptions on the top right that, this cloisonné enamel panel is made according to Li Shida's painting. The inscriptions and the imperial poem, 'carefully written by Minister Dong Gao (1740-1818)', who was a high-ranking civil servant who served the Qianlong and Jiaqing emperors.
[1] Sheng, Zhongqiang, "Li Shida suichao cunqingtu tushi yu neihan yanjiu" (Style and Substance of the The New Year's Scene by Li Shida), Art in China, No. 2 (2020): 152-159