Lot Essay
Refer to the table screen of similar design and stone in the exhibition, The Dr. S. Y. Yip Collection of Classic Chinese Furniture, illustrated by Grace Wu Bruce in the Catalogue, no. 65
Details
A DECORATIVE STONE AND HUANGHUALI TABLE SCREEN, XIAOZUOPINGFENG
17TH CENTURY
The unusual 'dreamstone', possibly a stalagmite section, with beige-pink and burgundy inclusions against a creamy white ground, the circles and swirls reminiscent of eyes or of mountains and rivers, the stand formed by two plain feet surmounted by vertical posts flanked on either side by standing spandrels, the posts joined by a plain panel with a beaded, elongated oval aperture above the plain apron
18 5/8in. (47.3cm.) high, 14¼in. (36.2cm.) wide, 6 3/4in. (17.1cm.) deep
17TH CENTURY
The unusual 'dreamstone', possibly a stalagmite section, with beige-pink and burgundy inclusions against a creamy white ground, the circles and swirls reminiscent of eyes or of mountains and rivers, the stand formed by two plain feet surmounted by vertical posts flanked on either side by standing spandrels, the posts joined by a plain panel with a beaded, elongated oval aperture above the plain apron
18 5/8in. (47.3cm.) high, 14¼in. (36.2cm.) wide, 6 3/4in. (17.1cm.) deep
Literature
Sarah Handler, "The Chinese Screen: Movable Walls to Divide, Enhance and Beautify", JCCFS, Summer 1993, p. 16, fig. 14
Curtis Evarts, "Ornamental Stone Panels and Chinese Furniture", JCCFS, Spring 1994, p. 17, fig. 14
Wang et al., Masterpieces from the Museum of Classical Chinese Furniture, p. 158, no. 74
Curtis Evarts, "Ornamental Stone Panels and Chinese Furniture", JCCFS, Spring 1994, p. 17, fig. 14
Wang et al., Masterpieces from the Museum of Classical Chinese Furniture, p. 158, no. 74