Chinese six-panel reversible folding screen, 20th century
Furniture
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LOT 71
Chinese six-panel reversible folding screen, 20th century
Lot Estimate Change Currency
ZAR 10 000 - 12 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 15 617
About this Item
Chinese six-panel reversible folding screen, 20th century
the front is painted with raised gesso outlines depicting birds and flowering branches before rocky outcrops on a gilt ground, the reverse with incised laquerwork depicting a river landscape with figures, raised on bracket feet
height: 183cm; width: 246cm
Notes
From the 1950s, Chinese workshops produced screens for Western interiors. They were typically used as room dividers and brought a sense of 'Oriental elegance' to homes and hotels.
In Chinese decorative arts, the shallow fine-line carving into the lacquer surface is called 'incised lacquerwork'.
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