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AN EMBROIDERED ‘HUNDRED BIRDS’ CIRCULAR
PANEL INSET AS A TABLE SCREEN
19TH CENTURY
清十九世紀 粵繡百鳥圖繍片
The screen is embroidered with various pairs of birds, including
peacocks, pheasants, sparrows, and cockerels, all amongst pine
trees and rocks. The wooden frame is carved with openwork
scrolling foliage, the stand is decorated with Buddhist lion fnials
and feet.
The panel, 13¿ in. (33.3 cm.) wide, carved wooden frame, stand, and
glazed
£1,200-1,800 $1,900-2,700
€1,700-2,400
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A FAMILLE ROSE RECTANGULAR ‘SHIZHONG
MOUNTAIN’ PLAQUE
20TH CENTURY
二十世紀 粉彩江西湖口石鐘山圖插屏
The plaque is decorated with two steamships amongst
walled pavilions in a mountainous river landscape. The
scene is inscribed with the place name Jiangxi Hukou
Shizhong shan, which may be translated as “Stone Bell
Mountain at the mouth of Jiangxi Lake”.
The porcelain, 15 in. (38.3 cm.) high, wood frame and
stand
£1,000-3,000 $1,600-4,600
€1,400-4,100
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