A CHINESE HARDWOOD RECTANGULAR 'DRAGON' PANEL

19TH CENTURY

One side carved in relief with a dragon grasping a flaming pearl with its claws, with a smaller dragon emerging from crashing waves below, each with its tail wrapped around jagged rocks, all set against many stylised ruyi-head shaped clouds, the reverse mounted with hanging wire, 116cm x 75.7cm x 4.2cm.

Provenance: formerly a French private collection.