清乾隆 御題剔紅地嵌寶太平有象插屏

of rectangular form, the central cinnabar lacquer ground embellished with a caparisoned elephant standing foursquare with its head turned towards its back, between a sprig of finger-citron and a pot plant of prunus blooms, a vase with further floral blossoms resting atop the elephant, all applied with various hardstones, jade and shell against a lacquer floral-diapered ground, the reverse inscribed in semi-cursive script with an imperial poem by the Qianlong Emperor, followed by two seal marks, all set within a carved zitan frame and supported on a matching elaborately carved zitan stand detailed with lotus scroll designs

本插屏製工複雜，所施技藝繁多，必要造辦處總督統籌，御作各部緊密協作，佳品方成。此屏錦地，細緻規矩，盡顯宮廷氣息，嵌百寶，質感頓挫分明，層次尤為立體。

見一對插屏例，黑漆為地，嵌飾相類，售於紐約蘇富比2009年9月16日，編號143。另見一十七世紀作例，一側飾瑞象朝貢，一側題詩，展於《Between Heaven and Earth. Secular and Divine Figural Images in Chinese Paintings and Objects》，Sydney Moss，倫敦，1988年，圖版38。再比一盒例，飾蝠象雲紋，藏北京故宮博物院，錄《故宮博物院藏文物珍品全集‧清代漆器》，香港，2006年，圖版187。