California Asian Art Auction California Asian Art Auction
 April 2, 2023 3:00PM PDT  April 2, 2023 3:00PM PDT

 Lot # 1364 
A HARDSTONE INLAID 'FIGURES' EIGHT PANEL HARDWOOD SCREEN    清道光 百寶嵌人物故事詩文紅木屏風八扇


  • Dimension: Height: 75 1/2 in (191.8 cm) Length: 152 in (386.1 cm)
  • Estimate From: $5000
  • Estimate To: $8000

Qing Dynasty Daoguang period. The center section of each panel inlaid in jade, agate, soapstone, quartz, aventurine, mother-of-pearl, cinnabar lacquer to depict eight story scenes including scholar toasting to the moon, scholar appreciating the chrysanthemum, scholar studying the inkstones, two immortals playing chess, etc, with inscription dating to seventeenth year of Daoguang reign (1837), each with lower panel depicting various birds and flowers, in between a hardwood panel with carved archaistic pattern; the reverse painted with calligraphy inscriptions in clerical script.