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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
For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot
please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue. FINE CHINESE ART | 69