A PAIR OF KESI PANELS IN INLAID ZITAN DOUBLE-GOURD-FORM FRAMES
18TH/19TH CENTURY
A PAIR OF KESI PANELS IN INLAID ZITAN DOUBLE-GOURD-FORM FRAMES 18TH/19TH CENTURY Each panel very finely woven and painted with scenes depicting the Dragon Boat Festival, both with elaborate river landscapes showing figures rowing long, slender dragon-headed boats amongst sampans, with onlookers standing on the banks of the river, set in zitan double-gourd-form frames, inlaid with bone and various stones, including lapis and jade to create a leafy vine bearing further double-gourds, the inner border picked out in gold, the reverse of both gilt-lacquered with the bajixiang amidst clouds and flittering bats, with bronze mounts in the form of a lotus flower borne on scrolling tendrils attached at the top 39¼ in. (99.8 cm.) high (2)
A PAIR OF KESI PANELS IN INLAID ZITAN DOUBLE-GOURD-FORM FRAMES
18TH/19TH CENTURY
A PAIR OF KESI PANELS IN INLAID ZITAN DOUBLE-GOURD-FORM FRAMES 18TH/19TH CENTURY Each panel very finely woven and painted with scenes depicting the Dragon Boat Festival, both with elaborate river landscapes showing figures rowing long, slender dragon-headed boats amongst sampans, with onlookers standing on the banks of the river, set in zitan double-gourd-form frames, inlaid with bone and various stones, including lapis and jade to create a leafy vine bearing further double-gourds, the inner border picked out in gold, the reverse of both gilt-lacquered with the bajixiang amidst clouds and flittering bats, with bronze mounts in the form of a lotus flower borne on scrolling tendrils attached at the top 39¼ in. (99.8 cm.) high (2)
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