LATE 18TH CENTURY
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A CHINESE-EXPORT BLACK, GOLD AND RED-LACQUER SIX-LEAF SCREEN
Late 18th Century
With a central rectangular scene depicting birds and foliage in a rocky landscape, surrounded by a border of rectangular panels with foliage, birds and mythological animals, the reverse plain, lacking the end leaves, one leaf with a small patch on the edge
each leaf: 119½ in. x 20¼ in. (303.5 cm. x 51.5 cm.)
Late 18th Century
With a central rectangular scene depicting birds and foliage in a rocky landscape, surrounded by a border of rectangular panels with foliage, birds and mythological animals, the reverse plain, lacking the end leaves, one leaf with a small patch on the edge
each leaf: 119½ in. x 20¼ in. (303.5 cm. x 51.5 cm.)
Sale room notice
This screen is wrongly illustrated in the catalogue. It is not lacking the end leaves, although it may be reduced in width.