AN 18TH CENTURY CHINESE SIX FOLD LACQUER SCREEN
OF CONSIDERABLE SCALE, WEIGHT, AND PRESENCE. FINISHED ON BOTH SIDES, WITH MOUNTAINOUS ROLLING HILL-SCAPES, DELICATE PAGODA ARCHITECTURE, AND SUBTLY DEPICTED FIGURATIVE WORK, THIS LARGE SCALE SCREEN PRESENTS A BOLD INTERPRETATION DEMONSTRATING THE 18TH CENTURY FASCINATION WITH THE MYSTICISM OF THE FAR EAST, AND THE FASHIONS WHICH CELEBRATED THE FANTASTICAL AND THE ILLUSORY. THE MATTE PATINA AND CRAQUELURE OF THE LACQUER SURFACE GIVES THIS IMPACTFUL PIECE AN OVERALL SENSE OF QUIET, GRACEFUL STRENGTH.
H 245CM, 8FOOT X W 380CM, 12’5” [WIDTH VARIABLE, CONCERTINA]
PROVENANCE:
PURCHASED FROM MALLET, 40 NEW BOND STREET LONDON, IN 1979
BY DESCENT IN PRIVATE COLLECTION
AN 18TH CENTURY CHINESE SIX FOLD LACQUER SCREEN
OF CONSIDERABLE SCALE, WEIGHT, AND PRESENCE. FINISHED ON BOTH SIDES, WITH MOUNTAINOUS ROLLING HILL-SCAPES, DELICATE PAGODA ARCHITECTURE, AND SUBTLY DEPICTED FIGURATIVE WORK, THIS LARGE SCALE SCREEN PRESENTS A BOLD INTERPRETATION DEMONSTRATING THE 18TH CENTURY FASCINATION WITH THE MYSTICISM OF THE FAR EAST, AND THE FASHIONS WHICH CELEBRATED THE FANTASTICAL AND THE ILLUSORY. THE MATTE PATINA AND CRAQUELURE OF THE LACQUER SURFACE GIVES THIS IMPACTFUL PIECE AN OVERALL SENSE OF QUIET, GRACEFUL STRENGTH.
H 245CM, 8FOOT X W 380CM, 12’5” [WIDTH VARIABLE, CONCERTINA]
PROVENANCE:
PURCHASED FROM MALLET, 40 NEW BOND STREET LONDON, IN 1979
BY DESCENT IN PRIVATE COLLECTION
