Lot 192: A CARVED BAMBOO SIX-PANEL TABLE SCREEN Qing Dynasty

A CARVED BAMBOO SIX-PANEL TABLE SCREEN

Qing Dynasty

The table screen of six curved bamboo panels, the four central panels adorned with intricate relief carvings depicting enchanting landscapes and activities of the four seasons, corresponding to the content of the inscriptions carved on the two side panels, the six panels hinged at the top and bottom.


11 3/8in (28.9cm) high, 17 1/2in (44.5cm) wide

清 竹雕詩文四季山水圖台屏



Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價




Provenance:

Ralph M. Chait Galleries, New York, 19 March 1983

Collection of Florence (1920-2018) and Herbert (1917-2016) Irving, no. 876

Gift of Florence and Herbert Irving, 2015

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2015-present




來源：

紐約 Ralph M. Chait Galleries 古董行， 1983 年 3 月 19 日

佛羅倫斯 (1920-2018) 與赫伯特·歐雲 (1917-2016) 伉儷（Florence and Herbert Irving）舊藏，藏品編號 876

歐雲伉儷贈，2015年

大都會藝術博物館，2015 年迄今



The inscriptions on the side panels read:

春耕田園地，夏釣魚蝦塘。

秋討山林壤，冬修詩意坊。

In spring, one plows the fields,

while in summer, one goes fishing in the ponds.

In autumn, one reaps the bounties of mountains and groves,

and in winter, one nourishes in the poetic realm.

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