A CHINESE GOLD-PAINTED BLACK LACQUER SIX-LEAF SCREEN EARLY 19TH CENTURY Finely decorated in a wealth of details on the black-lacquer ground in two tones of gold and highlighted in red, on one side depicting the township of Guangzhou (Canton) witnessing a wedding procession filing past grand governmental buildings, including the Bureau of Textiles and Monetary Policy, The Office of the Governor of Guangdong and The Office of the General of Guangdong, towards the Temple of Diamond (Jin Gang An), enclosed by smaller buildings including the town gates and shops, restaurants and tea houses, the festive atmosphere further enhanced by jugglers and street performers, all surrounded by rippling water and verdant hills, the border with pairs of four-clawed dragons confronting flaming pearls amidst clouds, on the reverse with a variety of birds, some in flight and some perched on flowering and fruiting branches issuing from rockwork, minor age cracks and restorations Each leaf 90 in. (225 cm.) high; 22 in. (56 cm.) wide
A CHINESE GOLD-PAINTED BLACK LACQUER SIX-LEAF SCREEN EARLY 19TH CENTURY Finely decorated in a wealth of details on the black-lacquer ground in two tones of gold and highlighted in red, on one side depicting the township of Guangzhou (Canton) witnessing a wedding procession filing past grand governmental buildings, including the Bureau of Textiles and Monetary Policy, The Office of the Governor of Guangdong and The Office of the General of Guangdong, towards the Temple of Diamond (Jin Gang An), enclosed by smaller buildings including the town gates and shops, restaurants and tea houses, the festive atmosphere further enhanced by jugglers and street performers, all surrounded by rippling water and verdant hills, the border with pairs of four-clawed dragons confronting flaming pearls amidst clouds, on the reverse with a variety of birds, some in flight and some perched on flowering and fruiting branches issuing from rockwork, minor age cracks and restorations Each leaf 90 in. (225 cm.) high; 22 in. (56 cm.) wide
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