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           A SIX-LEAF INLAID BLACK LACQUER ‘HUNDRED ANTIQUES’   The ‘One Hundred Precious Objects’ inlay technique or baibaoqian
           SCREEN                                            derives its name from the assorted material used in creating the design,
           Late Qing Dynasty                                 such as huanghuali wood, jade, agate, ivory, soapstone and other
           Exquisitely inlaid with cloisonné enamel, ivory, jade, soapstone, semi-  prized materials. For a discussion of this technique, see Wang Shixiang,
           precious stones and huanghuali wood into the black lacquer ground,   Connoisseurship of Chinese Furniture: Ming and Early Qing Dynasties,
           depicting antique vessels, brushpots with brushes and ruyi sceptres,   vol.I, Hong Kong, 1990, p.145. For screens with similar decoration, see
           jade and ivory carvings of mythical beasts and auspicious animals,   the set of three sandalwood screens illustrated by Zhang Qin, The Art of
           framed by lotus-scroll panels above and further ‘Hundred Antiques’   Ch’ing Dynasty Furniture, Taipei, 1985, pp.102-103.
           motifs below carved in low relief, the reverse gilt with finely-detailed
           mountainscapes.                                   See a similar screen, 19th century, but with only three leaves, which
           Each leaf 190cm (74 3/4in) high x 39.7cm (15 5/8in) wide. (6).  was sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 1 June 2015, lot 637.

           £10,000 - 15,000
           CNY90,000 - 140,000

           清晚期 黑漆嵌寶博古圖雙面六開圍屏

           Provenance: a European private collection

           來源:歐洲私人收藏




























































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