18TH/19TH CENTURY

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**AN IVORY-INSET AND LACQUERED HARDWOOD FLOOR SCREEN, ZUOPINGFENG
18th/19th century
The tall frame well-carved in high relief with peony, scrolling foliage, and auspicious bats within a triple beaded frame, enclosing two inset panels inlaid with ivory, the larger upper panel with a scene of scholars gathered outside a garden in a country villa, one writing calligraphy on a stone table, with attendants bringing books, and a small boy fishing from the bank, the smaller panel below with a scene of two scholars and a gentlewoman leaving a garden gate by a bridge; raised on and removable from a hardwood stand formed by two standing spandrels with strong asymmetrical carving set into a similar base
79¼in. (201.4cm.) high, 38¼in. (97.2cm.) wide, 19in. (48.3cm.) deep

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Notice Regarding the Sale of Material from Endangered Species. Prospective purchasers are advised that several countries prohibit the importation of property containing materials from endangered species, including but not limited to coral, ivory and tortoiseshell. Accordingly, prospective purchasers should familiarize themselves with relevant customs regulations prior to bidding if they intend to import this lot into another country.

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Lot Essay

See an ivory-inset and hongmu hanging panel with a scene of silk weaving, illustrated in Ming Qing jiaju; xia (Furniture of the Ming and Qing Dynasties; part II), The Complete Collection of Treasures of the National Palace Museum, vol. 54, Hong Kong, 2002, p. 212, no. 183. See, also, a hardwood table screen with an ivory-inset scene of three children playing with sheep, Zhongguo meishu quanqi; gongyi meishupian; bian 11; zhu mu yao jiao pin (The Great Treasury of Chinese Fine Arts; Arts and Crafts, vol. 11; Bamboo, Wood, Ivory and Horn Wares), Shanghai, 1996, pp. 88, no. 103.

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