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Qianlong period
Within the zitan frame the lacquered wood panel depicting on one side a caparisoned elephant bearing a cloth cradle containing various Buddhist emblems, its head turning to its left gazing at a nobleman and his servant, the bearded man with deep-set rounded eyes well-dressed in a long cloak and a pointy hat, his left hand resting on the handle of a sword, the servant dressed in a formal ensemble with a sword, presenting an oval container of offerings, the other servant similarly dressed and holding a long staff, the inlays finely carved and highlighted by colorful stones, the reverse side inlaid with a twelve-character poem flanked by a double-gourd seal and a square seal.
14 3/4 x 16 1/4 x 5 1/2in (37.5 x 41.2 x 14cm) overall;
14 5/8 x 11 x 1/2in (37.2 x 27.8 x 1.3cm) the panel
(later matched hongmu wood stand).
Footnotes
清乾隆 漆木嵌寳胡人貢象圖詩文插屏 紫檀框 後配紅木座
題識:
袖帶挂系飄月頂 筆翻書影上雲朗
「鍊五齋製」款
Compare an inlaid 'foreignors and lion' table screen from the Qianlong period, in the Qing Court Collection, illustrated in , Hong Kong, 2002, pl. 166. See also an 18th century painting of the same subject, depicting a cloaked foreigner and a caparisoned elephant bearing precious Buddhist offerings, in the collection of the Palace Museum, Taipei, illustrated in (Four quarters come to court: a special exhibition of envoys presenting tribute), Taipei, 2019, pp. 204-205 and 279.