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A PALE!GREEN GLAZED AN IMPERIAL YELLOW!GROUND A ‘DUAN’ STONE ‘PRUNUS AND
‘LANDSCAPE’ TABLE SCREEN EMBROIDERED ‘DRAGON’ BAMBOO’ SCREEN
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY CUSHION QING DYNASTY, 18TH/19TH
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY CENTURY
of rectangular form, intricately carved in relief
of an idyllic mountainous landscape detailed of hexagonal form, each side embroidered in of rectangular form, skilfully carved with sprays
with gated garden terraces and pavilions, amidst gold with a frontal Þ ve-clawed dragon roundel of yellow blooming prunus issuing from a gnarled
craggy rockwork and towering willow and pine confronting a ‘ß aming pearl’ amidst ruyi clouds branch to the right, with green leaÞ ng bamboo
trees, with a seal on the right reading Ma Henghe and lotus foliates, the top similarly decorated, the beneath, all against a rich brown ground, wood
yin (seal of Ma Henghe), the top covered with a underside with a central bloom surrounded by stand
pale green glaze, carved hongmu wood stand ß ying bats (2)
(2) 27 cm, 10⅝ in. 38.4 cm, 15⅛ in.
37.1 cm, 14⅝ in.
£ 2,000-3,000 US$ 2,850-4,250 PROVENANCE
PROVENANCE
Collection of Mr and Mrs R. Soame Jenyns,
Fine and Rare Chinese Works of Art and Ceramics: ૶ɤɞ˰ߏ ੿ႡරήᔐථᎲႼम७ʬ↉ྦ Bottisham Hall, Cambridgeshire.
Summer Exhibition, Roger Keverne Ltd, London,
1999, cat. no. 52. LITERATURE
The seal on the present screen appears to R. Soame Jenyns and William Watson, Chinese
Art. The Minor Arts, vol. 2, London, 1965, pl. 176.
belong to Ma Henghe, a craftsman notable
for his porcelain carving style that echoes the
naturalism in landscape painting. He belongs to Ⴚ £ 6,000-8,000 US$ 8,500-11,300
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Daoguang period (r. 1821-1850) when new styles
of production were actively pursued.
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