A PAIR OF UNUSUAL LARGE PEACH-SHAPED HARDSTONE PANELS

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A PAIR OF UNUSUAL LARGE PEACH-SHAPED HARDSTONE PANELS
19TH CENTURY

Each panel enclosed by a hardwood frame of peach-form, enclosing the interior richly embellished with carvings of stained bone, semi-precious stone, jade, soapstone, glass, rose quartz, and coral in an ensemble to depict flowering and fruiting branches in vases, antiques, scrolls, books, precious and auspicious objects, all on a painted beige ground (minor losses)
42 in. (106.7 cm.) across, enclosed in cases (2)

Lot Essay

Related panels from the Beijing Palace Museum are illustrated in Life of the Emperors and Empresses in the Forbidden City, 1644-1911, pp. 78 and 84.

(US$77,000-100,000)

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