12-01-201112-01-2011
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
2574BBoston
December 1, 2011 11:00 AMCalender
530

Large Standing Screen

Sell one like this
$44,438$37,500
Auction: Asian Works Of Art - 2574BLocation: BostonDate / Time: December 01, 2011 11:00AM

Description:

Large Standing Screen, China, elaborately carved hongmu (?) wood in twenty-one sections, each of the nine central panels surmounted by five panels resting on five bases with two end pieces, both front and back carved with dragons coiling above Mt. Penglai and waves, the bases carved with dragons and reverse S-curve motifs, wd. 175, ht. 102 in.
Estimate $2,000-4,000

Keywords

China, Mt. Penglai