Lot  639 Ravenel Spring Auction 2018

Ravenel Spring Auction 2018

AN EMBELLISHED ROSEWOOD EIGHT-PANEL FLOOR SCREEN

Qing Dynasty (1644-1911)

W: 304 cm
H : 192 cm

Estimate

TWD 300,000-500,000

HKD 81,000-135,000

USD 10,300-17,200

CNY 65,000-108,000

Sold Price

TWD 1,080,000

HKD 284,211

USD 36,193


+ OVERVIEW

This screen is made of compact rosewood with eight panels in four pairs, the hinged rectangular panels carved in high relief with a continuous and lively scene of dragons among auspicious motifs. The center is covered in black lacquer and inlaid with precious stones such as white jade and spinach-green jade into the patterns of auspicious bottles, ornaments, rocks, and flowering plants. The reverse is decorated in golden and black lacquer with images of landscapes, all in polychrome on a dark brown lacquer ground. Due to the large size of the screen, all the decorative objects depicted are of life size showing a strong three-dimensional effect, making it a splendid piece of artwork.

The Chinese writer Zhang Dai from Ming dynasty once said that people who have no hobbies are not worthy of building a relationship with, because those kind of people have no passion.

Lot 639 to Lot 650 are from an important Taiwanese private collection, mostly collected by the collector ten to thirty years ago, either from overseas auctions or found through his personal sources. Regardless of the size of the objects, each of them is endowed with the collector's passion and love, also the connection and history between him and the object, representing the collector's aesthetics and vision; some of them were frequently handled and played with in daily life. Actually, it's not us who collect the antiques, but the antiques that choose us. The relation between the artifact and its former owner will continue and extend to the new master.

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Connoisseurship: The Literati Sale

Ravenel Spring Auction 2018

Saturday, June 2, 2018, 3:30pm