Description: A set of four embellished lacquer panels Qing dynasty, late 19th century
each rectangular black lacquer panel inlaid in various hardstones and bone, and painted with further detailing, depicting figures in a garden setting, one of an old man and two maidens by a lotus pool and pine tree, another of a maiden and attendant offered tea by a servant, beside a pavilion and prunus tree, another with maidens beside a fruiting peach tree, and another with a sage and attendant carrying a
qin watched by a maiden in a pavilion beside a maple tree, each panel with an applied inscription, the panels glazed within the wood frames
(4)
each panel 139 cm high, 58.7 cm wide
PROVENANCE
Bonham's, Sydney, 27 May 2012, lot 182
Private Collection, Sydney