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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT COLLECTION 明末
AN EXTREMELY RARE HUANGHUALI TWELVE- 黃花梨透雕螭龍紋福祿壽五抹十二扇圍屏
LEAF SCREEN
LATE MING DYNASTY 來源：
香港佳士得1994年10月31日，編號419
comprising ten main leaves flanked by a pair of leaves uniting
to form an openwork frame, each of the central leaves carved
through with a rectangular panel and accentuated with three
openwork cartouches, one above the hollow panel and two
below, the upper one with a central lobed cartouche reticulated
with chilong flanking a fu character, the motif of the mythical
beasts repeated on the lower section, with two openwork
lobed cartouches further decorated with chilong, the lower one
accentuated with a shou character, all above an apron with
chilong divided by the central ruyi motif
each 61 by 3 by h. 306 cm, 24 by 1¼ by h. 120½ in.
overall width 729 cm, 287 in.
PROVENANCE
Christie’s Hong Kong, 31st October 1994, lot 419.
◉ HK$ 5,000,000-7,000,000
US$ 645,000-905,000