Superb 7-panel Chinese table screen, marble panels painted with story scenes to both sides, Qing Dynasty 19th century

$7,500.00 AUD

Superb 7-panel Chinese table screen, the wood frame inset with very thin marble panels, well painted with story-scenes in mansions and gardens, illustrating a tale on both sides involving the elderly wise men & women, the flightly young youths, and children playing.
Qing Dynasty, mid- 19th century

central panel; 59.5cm high
total width open 92cm

Overall very presentable, some marks & twisting evident in the wood frame, but sound; unfortunate crack to central panel & 2 minor panels with slight losses & minor restoration. Displays magnificently.

Provenance: Sotheby’s Australia, 1980’s, as Qing Dynasty Chnese

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