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A rare cinnabar lacquer table screen late Qing dynasty, 19th century
the rectangular screen intricately carved on one side with a panel of scholarly figures crossing a bridge towards a pavilion set on a rocky shore, and further pavilions set among the pine and willow trees, all enclosed within a band of lotus scrolls and peony vignettes, the reverse painted with flowering plants and rockwork, supported on a finely carved stand centred with a rectangular panel depicting a sage and attendant on a bridge in a similar landscape, within further lotus scroll and key-fret borders
54 cm high, 57 cm wide

NOTE
A carved lacquer screen of this form decorated with the 'Red Cliff' scene is illustrated in Masterpieces of Chinese Carved Lacquer Ware in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1971, pl. 33. Compare also with a screen dated to the Qianlong period, sold Sotheby's, Hong Kong, Emperor and Scholar, 25 April, 2004, lot 21


  • Condition: A small area of restoration to the right end of the bridge, some overpainting to the edges of the screen, some small chips on the edges and on three of the corners, and some wear to the lower edge of the screen.
    Some wear to the inner edges of the stand, some infilling of the joins and overpainting of the edges

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May 16, 2021 11:00 AM AEST
Armadale, Australia

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