A RARE LARGE TIANQI LACQUER 'FIVE-DRAGON' PANEL

19th century

19th century
The shaped panel enclosing an elaborately-decorated surface with five five-clawed dragons amidst wispy ruyi clouds, all pursuing a flaming pearl in the centre, above crashing waves and rocks, the detail precisely picked out in the 'gold-engraved and filled-in' technique. 109.7cm (43 1/4in) wide.

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十九世紀 填漆五龍圖掛屏

For a similar motif of dragons amidst clouds, in the tianqi technique, but on a table top, early Qing, see, Ming Qing gongting jiaju daguan, vol.1, Beijing, 2006, p.192, pl.203.