A polychrome lacquer six-fold screen of the Yihe Yuan (Summer Palace)

depicting a continuous panorama of the scenic places of the Summer Palace including Longevity Hill, Kunming Lake and the Kuoru Pavilion, with open walkways on the shores of the lake, and with courtiers in boats on the lake, a procession of figures on horseback and footmen approaching others near the multi-arched bridge, the faces applied, all enclosed within a border of dragons and lotus scrolls above a frieze of shaped panels of precious objects, the relief decoration in colours and gilding on the black ground, the reverse gilt with flower sprays
each panel 188.5 cm high, 41 cm wide

• Lot Sold $12,000 (Hammer Price)
• $14,640 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)

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Condition Report

Some fine surface cracks to the black lacquer ground. Some slight rubbing/wear particularly on the panel edges and some small surface flakes. A small loss of surface lacquer near the right edge of the third panel from the right approx 1 cm.The metal feet and hinges somewhat corroded. The reverse has slighly streaked dry patina.

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