• Dimension: Height: 32 1/2 in (82.5 cm) Length: 21 in (53.3 cm) Width: 1 in (2.5 cm)
• Estimate From: $6000
• Estimate To: $9000

Of vertical rectangular form, the panel decorated in variety of bright colored enamels to depict various chrysanthemum and lingzhi issuing from the rocks below, the upper right side inscribed with Imperial poem praising the flowers, with two seal marks read Qian Long, all against turquoise blue ground, the hardwood frame carved with key-fret pattern and stand carved with bogu pattern in relief. Qing Dynasty Qianlong period.

Provenance: Property from an important private collection, New York
此掐絲琺瑯插屏畫面設色明快，以鎏金銅絲掐出外輪廓線，內填琺瑯色，設色清麗明快，繪各式菊花，牽牛花，岩石等。各類花卉盛開怒放，枝葉花朵雕琢精美，構圖優雅，層次清晰，寫實生動，極富韻味。右上角刻收錄於《四庫全書三集卷016》之禦提詩萬壽菊：“葉纈瓐璁為正碧，花裝琥珀是真黃；幽風八月稱觴句，常裛仙荘湛露瀼。”萬壽菊，是菊花的一種，因名為“萬壽”，寓意延年益壽，而深得乾隆帝的喜愛。此插屏基座採用花梨木製，基座雕博古紋及鶴鹿紋，雕工精細，與插屏主題對應，為典型宮廷陳設之器。 來源：紐約藏家提供