A LARGE CHINESE EIGHT PANEL BLACK AND GOLD LACQUER SCREEN

19TH CENTURY

Painted to one side with six oval cartouches containing mountainous pagoda landscapes, with figures in boats, pine and willow trees, encircled by a dense scrolling foliate ground, bordered with further rectangular panels containing figures engaged in domestic pursuits reserved on a cell diaper ground, all divided by a key fret band, the reverse with peony and finger citron emerging from rocks, with small birds and butterflies, 187cm x 432cm overall. (8)

Provenance: Christie's New York, 19th and 20th October 2011, lot 555.

Cf. D S Howard, A Tale of Three Cities, Canton, Shanghai & Hong Kong, pp.182-3, no.239 for another black and gold lacquer eight panel screen.