.jpg?w=1)
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION
**A PAIR OF APPLIQUE-DECORATED HARDWOOD TABLE SCREENS OF DOUBLE-GOURD FORM
THE ELEMENTS 18TH AND 19TH CENTURY
Details
**A PAIR OF APPLIQUE-DECORATED HARDWOOD TABLE SCREENS OF DOUBLE-GOURD FORM
THE ELEMENTS 18TH AND 19TH CENTURY
Each decorated on the front with various appliques in jade, ivory, hardstone and cloisonné enamel, reserved on a gilt-highlighted ground of carved wan diaper, within a key-fret border and below a cloisonné enamel quatrefoil plaque set in front of the cloud-carved wood superstructure applied with five further cloisonné enamel plaques, each screen raised on a stepped rectangular base carved with lotus petal borders
28 in. (71 cm.) high (2)
THE ELEMENTS 18TH AND 19TH CENTURY
Each decorated on the front with various appliques in jade, ivory, hardstone and cloisonné enamel, reserved on a gilt-highlighted ground of carved wan diaper, within a key-fret border and below a cloisonné enamel quatrefoil plaque set in front of the cloud-carved wood superstructure applied with five further cloisonné enamel plaques, each screen raised on a stepped rectangular base carved with lotus petal borders
28 in. (71 cm.) high (2)
Provenance
Purchased in 1932 by the grandfather of the present owner.