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A six-leaf hardstone-inlaid gilt lacquer screen
19th century
The six leaves joined with pin hinges to form a single lobed cartouche
across all the leaves inlaid with an intricate scene of birds amid pine
trees and heavy peony blossoms including a handsome peacock
in the centre with one leg raised beside his mate perched on a
horizontal rock, surrounded by other birds including a loving pair of
crested long-legged green birds, red-capped cranes and parrots in
flight above lotus, all beneath six smaller lobed cartouches one on
each leaf, similarly inlaid with birds and flowering branches including
prunus, all against a geometric ground of interlocked circles, each
leaf raised on two low feet, the reverse painted in gilt with orchid
and pomegranate sprays on a painted ground imitating the grain of
natural wood.
Each leaf 40.5cm wide x 183cm high (16in wide x 72in high) (6).
£10,000 - 15,000
HK$120,000 - 190,000 CNY98,000 - 150,000
十九世紀 黑漆描金開光嵌百寶孔雀花鳥紋屏風六扇
Provenance: a Swiss private collection
來源：瑞士私人收藏

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