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18TH CENTURY
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A CHINESE-EXPORT BLACK, RED AND GILT-JAPANNED EIGHT-LEAF LACQUER SCREEN
18th Century
The front with a continuous rectangular scene of a Chinese palace and associated buildings, with a multitude of figures, some on horses, the foliate border surrounded by shaped panels with landscapes, birds, butterflies and flowers, the reverse with a flowering shrub and a bird on each leaf, on rectangular feet with a later japanned arch, the hinges replaced, restorations, possibly with additional leaves
Each leaf 78¾ x 20¼ in. (200 x 51.5 cm.); overall 13 ft. 6 in. wide
18th Century
The front with a continuous rectangular scene of a Chinese palace and associated buildings, with a multitude of figures, some on horses, the foliate border surrounded by shaped panels with landscapes, birds, butterflies and flowers, the reverse with a flowering shrub and a bird on each leaf, on rectangular feet with a later japanned arch, the hinges replaced, restorations, possibly with additional leaves
Each leaf 78¾ x 20¼ in. (200 x 51.5 cm.); overall 13 ft. 6 in. wide
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