Property from Various Owners
An embroidered silk and hardwood table screen with mother-of-pearl inlay
19th century
The rectangular ivory silk panel intricately embroidered in fine silk threads with pairs of birds assembled to admire the preening peacock and peahen amid flowering plants, a garden rock and towering pine tree; set within a glazed hardwood frame inlaid with mother-of-pearl tiles that repeat on the spandrels and aprons of the conforming stand with transverse feet (minimal staining to cloth, wear to wood and some losses to inlay).
21 1/3 x 17 3/4in (54 x 45cm) silk panel
32in (81cm) overall height of table screen
The rectangular ivory silk panel intricately embroidered in fine silk threads with pairs of birds assembled to admire the preening peacock and peahen amid flowering plants, a garden rock and towering pine tree; set within a glazed hardwood frame inlaid with mother-of-pearl tiles that repeat on the spandrels and aprons of the conforming stand with transverse feet (minimal staining to cloth, wear to wood and some losses to inlay).
21 1/3 x 17 3/4in (54 x 45cm) silk panel
32in (81cm) overall height of table screen
Sold for
US$ 17,500
inc. premium
Category: Asian Art
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