A CARVED WALNUT AND IVORY-INLAY MAHOGANY PANELLED THREE-FOLD SCREEN, designed by Johan Thorn Prikker and executed by Johan Coenraad Altorf, each section with arched top, the central one carved with a curvilinear motif, the other two each with a stylized dragon, each section with two panels, the top ones inlayed with ivory strips, circles, semi-circles and roundels to depict a very stylized floral decoration (some ivory inlay missing, two panels cracked), 1901

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A CARVED WALNUT AND IVORY-INLAY MAHOGANY PANELLED THREE-FOLD SCREEN, designed by Johan Thorn Prikker and executed by Johan Coenraad Altorf, each section with arched top, the central one carved with a curvilinear motif, the other two each with a stylized dragon, each section with two panels, the top ones inlayed with ivory strips, circles, semi-circles and roundels to depict a very stylized floral decoration (some ivory inlay missing, two panels cracked), 1901
152cm. high x 135cm. wide
Provenance
Dr. W.J. Leuring, The Hague
thence by descent
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