The Phillip Allen Collection - 16 Nov 2023
A LARGE CHINESE IMPERIAL ZITAN PANEL
A LARGE CHINESE IMPERIAL ZITAN PANEL
18TH/19TH CENTURY
Applied with elaborately carved trees, rocks, and a pagoda, with a metal suspension bracket, the reverse painted with sprays of fruiting branches on a black lacquer ground, 95cm x 121cm; raised on an associated wood stand. (2)
PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.
Provenance: from the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022).
Cf. Screens in the Palace Museum Collection, Classics of the Forbidden City Screens, nos.175-195, for other Chinese Imperial screens related to the present lot.