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An embroidered silk hardwood screen of rectangular form,…
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Auction Location:
Melbourne
Date:
29-Oct-2013
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Description:
An embroidered silk hardwood screen of rectangular form, embroidered in colours on a cream silk ground with pairs of different species of birds near a large pine tree growing beside rockwork, various flowering plants and lingzhi fungus, including song birds, cockerels, white geese, cranes, turkeys, pheasants and with a large eagle hovering above, set within a carved and pierced wood frame and matching hardwood stand pierced with lotus and hibiscus scrolls and flanked by shaped dragon scroll flanges to either side, supported on a pair of Buddhist lion feet 190 cm high, 115 cm wide (overall). Provenance: Ian and Lorraine Clendinnen, Melbourne the Clendinnen collection, Leonard Joel, Melbourne, 25 September 2011, lot 60 private collection, Melbourne
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Category:
Oriental: Furniture