ORIENTAL FURNITURE AND SCREENS
A HUALI AND REVERSE PAINTED GLASS TWELVE-PANEL SCREEN, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY, the frame of each tall, rectangular panel holding three stacked, reverse-painted glass panels, the smaller, upper panel with variations of the shou character, the lower panel with auspicious objects and the large central panel with a flower of a month, between the upper huali panel carved with five bats fluttering around a shou medallion and the lower huali panel with two bats within squared scrolls, above the apron carved with ruyi heads and the metal-capped feet, the flowers depicted include chrysanthemum, rose, tree peony, hibiscus, magnolia, and prunus--each panel 71½in. high, 12½in. wide
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A HUALI AND REVERSE PAINTED GLASS TWELVE-PANEL SCREEN, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY, the frame of each tall, rectangular panel holding three stacked, reverse-painted glass panels, the smaller, upper panel with variations of the shou character, the lower panel with auspicious objects and the large central panel with a flower of a month, between the upper huali panel carved with five bats fluttering around a shou medallion and the lower huali panel with two bats within squared scrolls, above the apron carved with ruyi heads and the metal-capped feet, the flowers depicted include chrysanthemum, rose, tree peony, hibiscus, magnolia, and prunus--each panel 71½in. high, 12½in. wide