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A CARVED CINNABAR LACQUER AND GILT-
PAINTED ‘LADIES’ SCREEN
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY

of rectangular form, carved to the front in low-relief with a
fenced garden surrounded by a lush vegetation of paulownias
and pine trees growing from gnarled rocks with pavilions,
depicting court ladies and attendants in a pavilion, all enclosed
within a floral scrolls border, the reverse painted and gilt on a
lacquer black ground with further court ladies and attendants
surrounding an honourable woman within a gilded keyfret
border, all supported on a black ground lacquer stand painted
and gilt with lotus sprays
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The screen: 38 by 52 cm, 15 by 20½ in.
£ 3,000-5,000
HK$ 31,000-52,000 US$ 3,950-6,600
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