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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE ENGLISH COLLECTION
■~202
A FINELY EMBROIDERED BLUE-GROUND SILK FOUR-PANEL SCREEN
19TH CENTURY
The dark blue ground of each panel is skillfully worked in couched gilt threads and coloured silks with
figures at leisure in verdant garden settings with pavilions,ornamental rocks, lingzhi fungus, peonies, pine
trees, prunus and bamboo. Each panel is further detailed with a variety of auspicious birds, animals and
insects including deer, bats, cranes, butterflies, a kingfisher and a peacock. The intricately worked hongmu
screen is supported on two carved stands.
Each panel 63 3/4 in. x 21 5/8 in. (162 cm. x 55 cm.)
£10,000-20,000 US$13,000-26,000
€11,000-22,000
PROVENANCE:
Property from a Private English Collection, acquired in Asia in the early decades of the 20th century by
the great grandfather of the current vendor, to furnish his London home,The Elms, Blackheath, then by
descent within the family.
The quality of the embroidery and the lavish use of gilt metal threads would suggest that this screen
was intended for a wealthy patron.

英國私人珍藏
清十九世紀 藍地緞繡人物圖四扇屏風
來源:
現藏家祖父於二十世紀初購自亞洲,家傳至今

The screen was originally acquired to furnish The Elms,
Blackheath, London

The screen was acquired by the
great grandfather of the current
vendor, pictured here, together
with their mother.

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