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Lot 246
Four-panel screen with inlaid ‘Famille verte’ porcelain panels
Estimated Value:
4.000 € - 6.000 €
Result:
incl. Premium and VAT
Description:
China, 19th century129 x 154 cm
The four hinged panels are each fitted with four differently shaped porcelain plates. The 16 porcelain plates in total feature finely executed, polychrome depictions of flowering branches, peonies, chrysanthemums, birds, butterflies and other floral motifs. The painting is predominantly rendered in shades of green, iron red, yellow and blueon a light background and is based on the traditional ‘Famille verte’ palette. The porcelain plates are set within elaborately openwork and relief-carved hardwood frames. The varied oval, rectangular and curving picture panels lend the folding screen a particularly harmonious and stately overall appearance.
Old German private collection, in the family’s possession before 1930 - Partly minor wear, one panel with a break
