Asian Art II - 16th November 2022
Lot 755
A CHINESE BLACK LACQUER EIGHTEEN LUOHAN FOUR-FOLD SCREEN
Estimate £400 - £600 | Hammer £150
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Description
A CHINESE BLACK LACQUER EIGHTEEN LUOHAN FOUR-FOLD SCREEN
LATE QING DYNASTY
Inlaid with a variety of soapstone and bone, with the eighteen luohan arranged in groups or individually, in an extensive landscape, the lower panels decorated with fruit, birds and flowers, the reverse painted with birds amidst foliage and antique vases 193cm x 180cm.
Provenance: the collection of Vice-Admiral Reginald Vesey Holt, C.B., D.S.O., M.V.O. (1884-1957), and thence by descent.