A four-panel embellished hard wood screen
20th century
Estimate $4,000 – $6,000
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, MELBOURNE
each panel inlaid with various materials including, mother-of-pearl, bone, soapstone and wood with polychrome decoration, to depict birds and animals beside plants and rockwork, the upper section with a cockerel, crane, peacock and pheasant beside maple, peach, prunus and magnolia trees, flowering plants and lingzhi fungus, above panels of lions and mythical beasts with their cubs, the reverse with gilt inscriptions
each panel 194 cm high, 48 cm wide
- Lot Sold $5,500 (Hammer Price)
- $6,710 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)
Alison AlfordConsultant Arts & DesignSydney T: +61 (0)2 9302 2402 E: Alison Alford |
Ann RobertsConsultant, Asian Art Arts & DesignMelbourne T: +61 (0)3 9508 9900 E: Ann Roberts |
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Harley YoungSpecialist Arts & DesignMelbourne T: +61 (0)3 9508 9900 E: Harley Young |
Anthony HurlConsultant Arts & DesignAdelaide T: +61 (0)8 7225 7836 E: Anthony Hurl |
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Philip A. GoreConsultant, Clocks, Barometers & Scientific Instruments Arts & Design |