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66. 66W TEN-LEAF WOODEN SCREEN WITH EMBROIDERED SILK PANELS
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66. 66W TEN-LEAF WOODEN SCREEN WITH EMBROIDERED SILK PANELS
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See original version (French)
Estimate €8,000 - €12,000
Voluntary lot
Description
66. 66W TEN-LEAF WOODEN SCREEN WITH EMBROIDERED SILK PANELS
Late Qing Dynasty (1644-1911)
A TEN-PANEL HARDWOOD SCREEN MOUNTED WITH EMBROIDERED SILK PANELS
Late Qing Dynasty
Comprising eight panels, each set with a finely embroidered silk panel depicting a variety of birds and animals perched on gnarled branches and rocks, with an additional panel on each side each set with small famille rose porcelain plaques, all within an elaborately decorated wood frame, intricately carved in shallow relief with bats suspending auspicious knots and antiquities, the reverse similarly decorated.
Each panel 36.5 cm x 177.5 cm (14 3/8 in. x 69 7/8 in.) (10).
清晚期 木雕緞綉鳥獸圖嵌粉彩山水人物花卉圖瓷板十扇屏風
The quality, subtle colour scheme and variety of stitching techniques of the embroidered silk panels on this screen suggest that they were made in Guangdong where specialised workshops were known for the high quality of embroidered silks. A high percentage of these pieces were manufactured in the late 19th century for export to the west as the economy of the Pearl River delta started to gear itself towards foreign trade. For a more in-depth overview of this type of textile see Li Yulai and Li Yufang, Ming Qing xiupin, Shanghai, 2012, pp. 73-83. The finest examples were made for the Qing court as several examples in the Palace Museum collections illustrate. One example dated to the Qianlong period is published in Shan Guoqiang (ed.), Zhixiu Shuhua: Gugong Bowuyuan Cang Wenwu Zhenpin Quanji, Hong Kong, 2005, pp. 50-51, no 20.
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