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A Chinese mother-of-pearl-inlaid wooden screen with silk embroidery, 19th C.

390
This lot was sold on 2020-02-15 and is no longer available

Dim.: 67 x 49 x 20 cm
Dim.: 41,5 x 33,5 cm (the silk)

Probably made for the Straits or Peranakan market.

Condition: (UV-checked)
- The silk with age related areas of discoloration as visible on the photos. A few small holes located between the two birds in the upper section and another hole just under an insect on the right hand central part. 
- The wooden frame and stand with normal superficial wear and minor age ralated tension lines. A few missing pieces of the mother-of-pearl inlay as visible on the photos.
- The left bottom lion with a small chip of the tip of the nose and one round foot missing on the underside.