The Phillip Allen Collection - 16 Nov 2023

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A LARGE CHINESE IMPERIAL ZITAN PANEL

£1,000 - £2,000 £23,940

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.

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