An exceptional twelve-panel painted 'bird and flower' silk screen, Qing dynasty, 17th Century | 清十七世紀彩繪百鳥朝鳳圖十二扇大畫屏

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March 23, 06:46 PM GMT

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400,000 - 600,000 USD

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An exceptional twelve-panel painted 'bird and flower' silk screen

Qing dynasty, 17th Century

清十七世紀彩繪百鳥朝鳳圖十二扇大畫屏

ink and color on silk, mounted for framing (12)

Each height 85½ in., 217 cm; Width 23½ in., 59.7 cm

Collection of Alan Priest (1898-1969), acquired in Beijing in 1919.

Collection of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth (1929-2014).

Sotheby's New York, 30th March 2006, lot 251.

阿蘭•普利斯特 (1898-1969) 收藏，1919年得於北京

安思遠 (1929-2014) 收藏

紐約蘇富比2006年3月30日，編號251

The Manchu Dragon: Costumes of the Ch'ing Dynasty 1644-1912, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1980-1981.

《The Manchu Dragon: Costumes of the Ch'ing Dynasty 1644-1912》，大都會藝術博物館，紐約，

1980至1981年

An exceptional twelve-panel painted 'bird and flower' silk screen, Qing dynasty, 17th Century | 清十七世紀 彩繪百鳥朝鳳圖十二扇大畫屏