Lot Essay
Compare to a similar pair from the Jie Rui Tang Collection, sold at Sotheby's New York, 19 March 2019, lot 353.
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THE PORCELAIN: KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
Details
A PAIR OF FAMILLE-VERTE DOUBLE-SIDED PLAQUES MOUNTED AS TABLE SCREENS
THE PORCELAIN: KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
Each thick rectangular panel is decorated to both sides. One panel depicts a scene of immortals and ladies each holding an auspicious object and accompanied by a deer with the reverse decorated with chrysanthemum and insects. The other panel is decorated with a scene of nine scholars at leisure and the reverse depicts birds and flowers. Each panel is set into a 19th-century wood frame decorated with a keyfret band, supported on a stand elaborately carved with archaistic scrolls.
16 ¾ in. (42 cm.) high overall
THE PORCELAIN: KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
Each thick rectangular panel is decorated to both sides. One panel depicts a scene of immortals and ladies each holding an auspicious object and accompanied by a deer with the reverse decorated with chrysanthemum and insects. The other panel is decorated with a scene of nine scholars at leisure and the reverse depicts birds and flowers. Each panel is set into a 19th-century wood frame decorated with a keyfret band, supported on a stand elaborately carved with archaistic scrolls.
16 ¾ in. (42 cm.) high overall
Provenance
Private Swiss Collection, acquired in Asia in the early 20th century.
Special notice
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