An Embellished and Gilt Decorated Black Lacquered Six-Panel Floor Screen

18TH/19TH CENTURY

清中期黑漆嵌寳瑞獸圖鏤雕如意雙面六扇屏
釋文：節錄《涼州刺史魏元丕碑》君讳（缺）字元丕，京兆（缺）牙都尉之（下缺）有毕万者，仙去仕晋，逢勋封魏，秦（下缺）良爰暨于君，禀乾气之纯懿，履奚之（下缺）圣哲（缺五字）苞容，允执虔恭。其仕州郡也，躬素忠謇，犯而忽期，兼综宪法，通识百典。（下缺）孝廉，除郎中、尚书、侍郎、右丞，遭泰夫人忧，服阕还台，拜尚书、侍郎，秉总（下缺）廷科绩，特拜左丞。每在选举，逊让匪石，钻前忽后，遂耽思旧章，寻微贯（缺）能（下缺）枢衡匡弼，九年而罔愆，西羌放动，馀类未辑，讠州咨群寮，惟德是与。拜凉州刺史，（下缺）流以荡邪。志乐季文粟帛之介，公仪彻织庖园之节，崇文德以来远斑（下缺）下，彝戎宾服，干戈戢藏。施舍弗券，求善不厌，举不失追选，官不易方，百工惟时，（下缺）有优洋洋奂乎若德，光濯冠乎诸牧。盖四时炎序，功成则退。君屡辞以疾，三（下缺）无穷而垂式，度不可革
款識：癸亥楊月，萬世忠書
鈐印：萬世忠印
each worked on one side with a large primary rectangular frieze utilizing various jade, agate, lapiz, and agate carved plaque and cabochons to show bird, and mythical beast gathering in lush forested landscapes and near craggy outcroppings, all between registers of gilt decorated painted landscape scenes and floral sprays flanking gilt roundels. The lowest register carved with deep reticulated ruyi heads, and the reverse incised with gilt verse.

Height of each 92 1/2 x width 20 1/2 in.

Property from Palm Springs Art Museum Sold to Support the Care of Collections and the George Montgomery Fund for Acquisitions

Gift of the William Holden Estate

Each: 92-1/2 x 20-1/2 inches.

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Ms. Wu joined the firm in 2014, after working as a specialist in the Asian Works of Art Department of an East Coast auction house. She researches, appraises, and sells Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Indian, and South East Asian works of art, including jades, bronzes, ceramics, paintings, armor, and furniture. Throughout her career, Ms. Wu has achieved record prices for several prominent estates and collections, including the Estate of Frank G. Mertes, Sr., Winona, Minnesota; the Chinese Painting Collection of Ms. Yuan Jiaying and Mr. Li Guoyuan, Chicago; the Estate of Hisazo Nagatani, Chicago, and the Asian Art Collection deaccessioned from the Strong Museum of Play, Rochester, New York.

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Chinese and Himalayan Works of Art

An Embellished and Gilt Decorated Black Lacquered Six-Panel Floor Screen

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