Chinese six-panel reversible folding screen, 20th century

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Our annual Interiors auction is beautifully curated by Justin van Breda and offers a wonderful range of periods and styles from the Continent, United Kingdom and the East.


Current Bid

ZAR 10 000
Lot 71
  • Chinese six-panel reversible folding screen, 20th century
  • Chinese six-panel reversible folding screen, 20th century
  • Chinese six-panel reversible folding screen, 20th century
  • Chinese six-panel reversible folding screen, 20th century
  • Chinese six-panel reversible folding screen, 20th century
  • Chinese six-panel reversible folding screen, 20th century
  • Chinese six-panel reversible folding screen, 20th century


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ZAR 10 000 - 12 000
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Current bid ZAR 10 000
Location
Cape Town
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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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