Sold at Austin Auction Gallery
Chinese Marble-Inset Hardwood Table Screen With Ancestral Portrait
- Price realized
- $397
- Pre-sale estimate
- $200 – $400
- Hammer price
- $325
- Category
- Tables & Consoles
- Sold
- February 23, 2025
- Sale
- DAY 2- FEBRUARY 2025 ANTIQUES & ESTATES AUCTION
Lot description
Chinese carved and painted table screen with marble inset, depicting an ancestral portrait of a Ming Dynasty dignitary, encased in a carved hardwood frame with openwork foliates and longevity motifs, over lower plaque with plum blossom tree, rising on conforming base/ stand ending on auspicious cloud supports, overall: approx 33.75"h, 19.25"w, 9"d, 23lbs Note: Matching screen with portrait of a dignitary's wife offered in this auction. A Chinese screen with similar subject, with a provenance of Chateau d'Haroue in France, sold at Drouot Auction in March 2009
This lot sold at a past Austin Auction Gallery sale. Prices realized include the buyer's premium and are provided for research only — they are not an appraisal or a guarantee of future value.