Lot 624A
Exceptional Chinese carved and scenic-painted twelve-panel screen late 18th/early 19th century
each black lacquer frame of mortise and through-tenon construction, decorated on one side with continuous summer palace scene of court officials, musicians, acrobats, tribute bearers and court ladies among open pavilions enclosed by gardens, embellished with carvings of immortals, birds and animals within scrolling foliage accented with gilt, reverse with incise-carved panels of birds perched amidst bamboo and prunus.
H9'8 1/2" L18'6"
Provenance: Part of George Horace Lorimer's estate in Philadelphia. Mr. Lorimer purchased most of his collection from Sotheby's and Christie's in London.
Other Notes: Motifs including "one hundred antiques" or "one hundred birds" were extremely popular in the late Ming and early Qing periods, as a result of the rise in the number of literati and collectors who saw such objects (or items made to resemble these objects), as ideal accoutrements to their studios and studies. Such elegant accessories helped to portray the owners as connoisseurs, adding a veneer of culture to those who may have been perceived as newly-come-up in the world. Screens, cabinets, brushpots and other wood and lacquer furnishings were inlaid, carved or painted with these objects.
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Condition:
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The carved wood framed with some minor loses, rubbing, wear and scuffs; it appears to be in good condition for age. Frame lacks pivoting hinges.
The painted inset fabric panel conditions are listed in number order from left to right:
1) Yellowed with age.
2) Yellowed with age and has approx. 5-10% loss.
3) Yellowed with age and has approx. 10-20% loss.
4) Yellowed with age and has approx. 10-15% loss.
5) Yellowed with age and has approx. 5-10% loss.
6) Yellowed with age and has approx. 5-10% loss.
7) Yellowed with age and has approx. 5-10% loss.
8) Yellowed with age and has approx. 10-20% loss.
9) Yellowed with age and has approx. 5-10% loss.
10) Yellowed with age and has approx. 10-20% loss.
11) Yellowed with age and has approx. 5% loss.
12) Yellowed with age.
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