PAIR OF ELEGANT TABLE SCREENS.
China. Qing dynasty. 18th/19th. c.

Thin; polished panels of light green jade. Painted with gold and silver lacquer; detail in ink. The panels decorated each on one side with two ladies in a landscape garden with palace and water. The back of each panel with two songbirds in flowering peonies between Taihu stones.

Panels each set into a stand; carved in openwork from wood with archaizing lattice and large vases on both sides. Height 31.3cm; width 18.6cm; depth 12cm. Size of each panel: 20.7 x 16.4cm. Condition A/B. One of the stands a bit damaged.

Provenance:
-Private collection Southern Germany. From an ancestor who was in honorary diplomatic service for Japan acquired locally in the 1920s.Art trade; Van Ham.