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CHINA – Late 19th century
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150
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CHINA – Late 19th century
See original version (French)
Estimate €600 - €1,000
Voluntary lot
Description
CHINA – Late 19th century
A ten-panel Coromandel lacquer screen, decorated on one side with court ladies in a garden and on a bridge, holding offerings and musical instruments; the side panels are adorned with vases of flowers, whilst the other side is decorated with immortals amidst the clouds, some playing go; the side panels are adorned with dragons, each panel framed by red and gold lacquered Chilong wood panels facing each other around a stylised ‘shou’ (longevity) character on one side; the other side carved with four bats surrounding a flower and stylised characters; at each end, three panels carved with figures in pavilions and vases of flowers. (Cracks, wear, losses; a missing frieze on one of the panels)
Dimensions of one panel: 147 x 29 cm.
Total length: 290 cm.
Signs of wear, crazing and small areas where the lacquer is missing; the lower part of one carved panel is missing.
Provenance: Adrien de Lens, born in 1886, diplomat in Asia.
Expert: Cabinet Portier
See original version (French)
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