LATE 18TH CENTURY

细节

A CHINESE EXPORT BLACK AND GILT-LACQUER FIVE-FOLD SCREEN
LATE 18TH CENTURY
Decorated with soapstone courtly figures within landscapes of pagodas, trees and rocky landscapes, formerly part of a larger screen, the reverse decorated with flowering branches and birds, losses
82 in. (208½ cm.) high; each leaf -- 17¾ in. (45 cm.) wide

来源

Kenwood House, London.
Removed to Scone Palace prior to the auction at Kenwood in 1922.

注意事项

This lot is offered without reserve. No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

拍品专文

Almost certainly the screen recorded in the Breakfast Room or Small Library at Kenwood House, as 'a 5 fold black + gold Chinese lacquer screen decorated with coloured soapstone figures' in the 1910 Inventory, Volume 1, p.24, item 209.