A TAISHAN SWALLOW STONE PANEL WITHIN A ZITAN SCREEN LATE MING – QING DYNASTY

Estimate

800,000 - 1,000,000 HKD

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Description

swallow stone and zitan wood (pterocarpus santalinus)

the rectangular trilobite fossil panel set within a zitan frame, one side of the panel densely figured with buff-coloured fossilised marine arthropods resembling miniature swallows with outstretched wings, the plain reverse with an uneven pitted surface, mounted on a zitan stand reticulated with a panel of wan symbols above a cusped apron