A Four-Fold Floor Screen with Famille Rose Porcelain Plaques, the screen is inset with 20 variously shaped (octagonal, square, round, begonia blossom and fan form) famille rose panels depicting auspicious flowers, fruits and birds. Each plaque set within a hardwood frame surrounded by openwork scrolling foliage and gourd vines, Qing dynasty, 19th century, each screen c. 217 x 48 cm; the wood screen with cracks and damages PROVENANCE: The screen was a gift from Gustaf Wallenberg (1863-1937), Swedish diplomat in Japan and China during early 20th century, to Carl Swartz (1858-1926), Swedish Minister of Finance (1906-11) and Prime Minister (1917). Carl Swartz received, what was supposed to be 'a small gift' c. 1906, when he moved to Stockholm from his hometown Norrköping. Two pictures showing the four-fold floor screen at Carl Swartz's home at Tyrgatan 10, Stockholm, c. 1923
A Four-Fold Floor Screen with Famille Rose Porcelain Plaques, the screen is inset with 20 variously shaped (octagonal, square, round, begonia blossom and fan form) famille rose panels depicting auspicious flowers, fruits and birds. Each plaque set within a hardwood frame surrounded by openwork scrolling foliage and gourd vines, Qing dynasty, 19th century, each screen c. 217 x 48 cm; the wood screen with cracks and damages PROVENANCE: The screen was a gift from Gustaf Wallenberg (1863-1937), Swedish diplomat in Japan and China during early 20th century, to Carl Swartz (1858-1926), Swedish Minister of Finance (1906-11) and Prime Minister (1917). Carl Swartz received, what was supposed to be 'a small gift' c. 1906, when he moved to Stockholm from his hometown Norrköping. Two pictures showing the four-fold floor screen at Carl Swartz's home at Tyrgatan 10, Stockholm, c. 1923
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