A LARGE FRAMED PAINTED IVORY AND KINGFISHER FEATHER-DECORATED WALL PANEL
THE IVORY 18TH CENTURY
A LARGE FRAMED PAINTED IVORY AND KINGFISHER FEATHER-DECORATED WALL PANEL THE IVORY 18TH CENTURY Depicting various pairs of birds, including a pair of phoenixes, perched in and in flight around two trees, the larger with kingfisher feather-embellished gilt metal leaves, the birds and foreground in finely painted ivory, all against a later dark green background; the wood panel on the reverse carved in shallow relief with a vase filled with the 'Three Friends' and a bowl filled with finger citrons, pomegranate and pear beside a ruyi scepter, all below two bats, the zitan -veneered frame carved with diaper pattern and applied with champlevé enamel bat and dragon scroll appliques 41½ x 31 in. (103 x 79 cm.)
A LARGE FRAMED PAINTED IVORY AND KINGFISHER FEATHER-DECORATED WALL PANEL
THE IVORY 18TH CENTURY
A LARGE FRAMED PAINTED IVORY AND KINGFISHER FEATHER-DECORATED WALL PANEL THE IVORY 18TH CENTURY Depicting various pairs of birds, including a pair of phoenixes, perched in and in flight around two trees, the larger with kingfisher feather-embellished gilt metal leaves, the birds and foreground in finely painted ivory, all against a later dark green background; the wood panel on the reverse carved in shallow relief with a vase filled with the 'Three Friends' and a bowl filled with finger citrons, pomegranate and pear beside a ruyi scepter, all below two bats, the zitan -veneered frame carved with diaper pattern and applied with champlevé enamel bat and dragon scroll appliques 41½ x 31 in. (103 x 79 cm.)
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