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Two wooden door panels made of hongmu, carved with bats and …
See original version (French)
229
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Two wooden door panels made of hongmu, carved with bats and …
See original version (French)
Estimate €400 - €500
Voluntary lot
Description
Two wooden door panels made of hongmu, carved with bats and dragons, China, 19th century
Vertically oriented, each door is divided into two panels and carved in shallow relief with two chilong flanking a bat in flight amongst the clouds in the upper section and a bat holding a coin in the lower section – an extremely popular rebus in Chinese art known as Fú zài yan qián - ????, which translates as ‘Happiness is before your eyes’.
78 x 48.5 cm
See original version (French)
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