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A SIX-PANEL ‘SUMMER PALACE’ SCREEN
LATE QING DYNASTY

each of the rectangular panels set with a section of a sprawling
ink and color painting on paper of the Yiheyuan during
summer, depicting with architectural detail the waterside
pavilion and structures with two steamboats cruising the
rippling waters before a mountainous landscape, mounted on
gold-leaf paper within brocade borders
Height of each panel 53¾ in., 136.5 cm, Width 17½ in.,
44.5 cm
$ 3,000-5,000

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1502

PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN

A WHITE JADE CARVING OF LIONS
LATE QING DYNASTY

carved in the round as two lions at play, the larger crouching
with a ribbon in its teeth and a diaper-patterned ball between
the forelegs, a cub clambering up the side with bushy tail
swept toward the front, the stone of an even, white color
Width 2⅛ in., 5.4 cm
$ 6,000-8,000

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