FINE CHINESE POLYCHROME IVORY TABLE SCREEN.

FINE CHINESE POLYCHROME IVORY TABLE SCREEN. 19th century or earlier, China. The unusual fixed tripartite screen profusely carved with cloudbands, set with ivory inlaid shou characters and bats in flight centering a jade pendant carved as a butterfly. The central painted panel overlaid with ivory depicting a baboon seated on a rocky shore beneath a fruit tree flanked by narrow painted panels overlaid with ivory, one depicting exotic birds in a flowering tree at water’s edge, the other depicting a bird with black plumage beneath a conifer overgrown with flowering vinery. Each panel in muted polychrome colors. Screen mounted on a base the multiple carved borders above a scrolling molded apron on ogee bracket feet. The frame ebonized. SIZE: 31″ h x 33″ l x 5″ d. CONDITION: Inlaid ivory bat missing in central crest. Back of screen with lifting of painted surfaces. Otherwise very good. 9-27825 (2,000-3,000)

Auction: Fine Art, Antiques & Asian - Winter 2013

Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

Image	Lot	Price	Description
	3514	$29,900.00	FINE CHINESE POLYCHROME IVORY TABLE SCREEN. 19th century or earlier, China. The unusual fixed tripartite screen profusely carved with cloudbands, set with ivory inlaid shou characters and bats in flight centering a jade pendant carved as a butterfly. The central painted panel overlaid with ivory depicting a baboon seated on a rocky shore beneath a fruit tree flanked by narrow painted panels overlaid with ivory, one depicting exotic birds in a flowering tree at water’s edge, the other depicting a bird with black plumage beneath a conifer overgrown with flowering vinery. Each panel in muted polychrome colors. Screen mounted on a base the multiple carved borders above a scrolling molded apron on ogee bracket feet. The frame ebonized. SIZE: 31″ h x 33″ l x 5″ d. CONDITION: Inlaid ivory bat missing in central crest. Back of screen with lifting of painted surfaces. Otherwise very good. 9-27825 (2,000-3,000) Auction: Fine Art, Antiques & Asian - Winter 2013 Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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