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QUATRE PANNEAUX EN FER, TIEHUA Wall panels of malleable iron (tiehua) are often attributed to the 17th or 18th
CHINE, DYNASTIE QING, XIXEME SIECLE century. A set of four large panels were included in the exhibition The Chinese
Chaque panneau représentant différents végétaux : lotus, bambous, Scholar’s Studio, the Asia Society Galleries, New York, 1987, cat. no. 68. Other
chrysanthèmes et pivoines dans un cadre en bois. panels decorated with flowering and fruiting branches are in the British
Dimensions: 91,5 x 28 cm. (36 x 11 cm.) (4) Museum, London, visible on their website, nos 1928,0717.17 and 1928,0717.15.
€3,000-5,000 US$3,600-5,800 A set of four showing the ‘Four Gentlemanly Virtues’ (plum blossom, orchid,
£2,800-4,500 bamboo and chrysanthemum) on paper ground are in the National Museum of
Scotland, published on their website, no. A.1902.463 and have been exhibited
A SET OF FOUR TIEHUA PANELS in their two exhibitions Looking East: The Lady Ivy Wu Gallery (29 July 2011 - 08
CHINA, QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY June 2014) and Ming: The Golden Empire (27 Jun 2014 - 19 Oct 2014). A set
清十九世紀 鉄鑄四季花卉挂屏 一組四件 of four panels of larger size with fruiting branches has been sold at Sotheby’s
London, 15 May 2019, lot 165, another set of four depicting flowers was sold at
Christie’s Paris, 12 December 2019, lot 37 and another set at Christie’s Paris,
23 June 2020, lot 1.

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