CIRCA 1700, ORIGINALLY PART OF A LARGER SCREEN

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AN INDO-PORTUGUESE BLACK, GILT AND RED-JAPANNED FOUR-FOLD SCREEN
CIRCA 1700, ORIGINALLY PART OF A LARGER SCREEN
Each arched fold decorated with Oriental birds and cartouche-shaped panels within foliate borders, the central panel depicting Western figures amongst Oriental landscapes and pagodas, losses and restorations
Each fold 79 in. (201 cm.) high; 21 in. (53 cm.) wide

Provenance

Possibly acquired by George Graham (1730-1801), or Thomas Graham
(1752-1819), and by descent.

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Lot Essay

This richly decorated screen - rare in its depiction of Portuguese 'nabobs' - is almost identical to two sold in recent years at Christie's: the first from the Byng Collection at Wrotham Park, Hertfordshire (8 July 1993, lot 64, £25,300); the second anonymously (4 March 2004, lot 131, £25,095). All three screens share the same design, though differ in their borders - whilst the border of the present screen is finished only on one end, the Byng screen is finished on all sides and the other example is not finished on either end. This could imply that the three together originally formed part of a larger group of screens which have since have been separated.

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