A MAGNIFICENT MASSIVE PAIR OF JADE EMBELLISHED ZITAN MOON-SHAPED SCREENS
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
A MAGNIFICENT MASSIVE PAIR OF JADE EMBELLISHED ZITAN MOON-SHAPED SCREENS QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795) Each of the central medallions embellished with jade carvings depicting treasured objects in the form of archaic bronzes, vases, scholar's objects, bowls of auspicious fruit, some placed on finely carved wood stands, all on a lacquered light-brown ground, the reverse plain, bordered by a circular zitan frame exquisitely carved with a dense ruyi -cloud pattern; supported on an openwork pedestal, the upper section in the form of an inverted arch, similarly carved with a pair of bats in flight amidst ruyi -clouds centred by an upright bat among lingzhi -fungus, above a waisted central column flanked by six archaistic phoenix-shaped brackets carved in openwork, on an elongaged waisted hexa-lobed stand 57 1/8 in. (145 cm.) overall height (2)
A MAGNIFICENT MASSIVE PAIR OF JADE EMBELLISHED ZITAN MOON-SHAPED SCREENS
QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795)
A MAGNIFICENT MASSIVE PAIR OF JADE EMBELLISHED ZITAN MOON-SHAPED SCREENS QIANLONG PERIOD (1736-1795) Each of the central medallions embellished with jade carvings depicting treasured objects in the form of archaic bronzes, vases, scholar's objects, bowls of auspicious fruit, some placed on finely carved wood stands, all on a lacquered light-brown ground, the reverse plain, bordered by a circular zitan frame exquisitely carved with a dense ruyi -cloud pattern; supported on an openwork pedestal, the upper section in the form of an inverted arch, similarly carved with a pair of bats in flight amidst ruyi -clouds centred by an upright bat among lingzhi -fungus, above a waisted central column flanked by six archaistic phoenix-shaped brackets carved in openwork, on an elongaged waisted hexa-lobed stand 57 1/8 in. (145 cm.) overall height (2)
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