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Lot 179
A Chinese Carved Hardwood Scholar's Screen
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
19th century, carved wooden screen decorated in high relief with two Chinese sages by a riverbank under lush pine and willow trees, mountains tower above, the scene has a cracked ice with flower border, set in a lighter wooden frame with rounded corners, screen fits into a stand with frieze decorated in high relief of a boy playing with a foo lion amid a rocky landscape, the legs of the stand are topped with ruyi style clouds and peony blossoms.

25.75 x 16 x 8 in

Some stress cracks to wood; some loose wood trim; some wood trim has breaks.

$500 - 1,000