A RARE PAIR OF CARVED CINNABAR LACQUER RECTANGULAR PANELS Qianlong One carved in relief depicting Su Dongpo and his guests on a boat cruising past the Red Cliff, the other panel depicting Wang Xizhi in the Orchid Pavilion, with cups of wine floating down the stream before him, amidst bamboo and gnarled rocks, both set within wood frames inlaid with metal wire. Each 21.7cm (8 1/4in) high x 16cm (6 1/4in) wide (including frame). (2). Footnotes: Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價 清乾隆 剔紅「蘭亭宴集」及「夜遊赤壁」圖掛屏一對 One panel depicts Wang Xizhi at the famous Orchid Pavilion gathering near Shanyin, Zhejiang Province, to celebrate the 'Spring Purifying Ceremony' in the ninth year of the Yonghe reign (353 AD). This, as well as Su Dongpo's visit to the site where he wrote his famous history poem Ode to the Red Cliff, are among the two most popular designs in Chinese art. See for example a longer and narrower lacquer screen depicting the same scene, Qianlong, in the Qing Court Collection, illustrated in Furniture of the Ming and Qing Dynasties (II), Beijing, 2002, pl.181. See also a rare Imperial cinnabar lacquer 'Orchid Pavilion' panel, Qianlong, which was sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 23 October 2005, lot 364. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: Y Y Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the EU, see clause 13. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com