A PAIR OF EMBELLISHED ZITAN-VENEERED WALL PANELS

Embellished panels of this form in zitan can be found in the Qing Court Collection. See an example dated to the Qing dynasty, embellished with a scene of a bird in flight amidst flowers, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: Furniture of the Ming and Qing Dynasties (II), Hong Kong, 2002, no. 184.

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