AN UNUSUAL KINGFISHER FEATHER-DECORATED HONGMU TABLE SCREEN AND STAND, CHAPINGSHI XIAZUOPINGFENG

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AN UNUSUAL KINGFISHER FEATHER-DECORATED HONGMU TABLE SCREEN AND STAND, CHAPINGSHI XIAZUOPINGFENG
19TH CENTURY

The rectangular panel decorated with a pair of birds perched in a flowering tree above chrysanthemum, with pierced rocks, narcissus, lingzhi fungus and various plants in the foreground and further chrysanthemums growing from rocks to the side, all executed in kingfisher feathers of brilliant turquoise hue and other feathers of purplish blue and golden brown tone reserved against a black ground, set in a hongmu frame carved with dragon and foliate scroll and an inner keyfret border, raised on a stand with a lotus scroll-carved panel and dragon scroll spandrels
40in. (101.6cm.) high

Lot Essay

Compare a kingfisher feather and ivory-embellished table screen decorated with a figural landscape scene, mounted in a similar hardwood frame, included in the exhibition, Tributes from Guangdong to the Qing Court, Art Gallery, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, February 28-April 12, 1987, Catalogue, p. 104, no. 88