Lot Essay
Compare the two screens illustrated in La Cité Interdite, Paris, 1996, p. 246, figs. 113-114
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19TH CENTURY
Details
A KINGFISHER-FEATHER AND INLAID-WOOD SCREEN
19th Century
The rectangular panel delicately crafted in kingfisher and other feathers, silk and polychrome ivory in high and low relief with a theatrical battle scene before pavilions and trees, the wood stand enclosing a lower glazed panel with a bird and rocks and inlaid with mother-of-pearl, some losses to wood inlay
28¾in. (73cm.) high overall
19th Century
The rectangular panel delicately crafted in kingfisher and other feathers, silk and polychrome ivory in high and low relief with a theatrical battle scene before pavilions and trees, the wood stand enclosing a lower glazed panel with a bird and rocks and inlaid with mother-of-pearl, some losses to wood inlay
28¾in. (73cm.) high overall
Provenance
Sir John Roger, presented by the Empress of China
Lady Holland, presented by Mr. Rice, the American Ambassador
Arthur Kay, H.R.S.A.
Lady Holland, presented by Mr. Rice, the American Ambassador
Arthur Kay, H.R.S.A.
Special notice
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