Lot Essay
Compare the rectangular zitan-veneered floor screen inlaid with 120 shou characters sold at Christie’s New York, 16-17 September 2010, lot 1200.
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18TH-19TH CENTURY
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A JADE-EMBELLISHED BLACK LACQUER AND HONGMU TABLE SCREEN
18TH-19TH CENTURY
The lacquered panel is within a wood frame carved as an unrolled scroll, and is embellished on one side in jade with one hundred fu characters carved in various forms of seal script. The stand is inlaid on one side of the apron in silver wire with a central shou symbol flanked by archaistic scrolls, and has silver wire-inlaid vase-shaped supports on the sides flanked by scrolling chilong spandrels, all raised on waisted shoe feet with further silver wire decoration.
27 ¾ in. (70.5 cm.) high, 24 ¼ in. (61.5 cm.) wide
18TH-19TH CENTURY
The lacquered panel is within a wood frame carved as an unrolled scroll, and is embellished on one side in jade with one hundred fu characters carved in various forms of seal script. The stand is inlaid on one side of the apron in silver wire with a central shou symbol flanked by archaistic scrolls, and has silver wire-inlaid vase-shaped supports on the sides flanked by scrolling chilong spandrels, all raised on waisted shoe feet with further silver wire decoration.
27 ¾ in. (70.5 cm.) high, 24 ¼ in. (61.5 cm.) wide
Special notice
Prospective purchasers are advised that several countries prohibit the importation of property containing materials from endangered species, including but not limited to coral, ivory and tortoiseshell. Accordingly, prospective purchasers should familiarize themselves with relevant customs regulations prior to bidding if they intend to import this lot into another country.