LETTER SCREEN in cream silk, finely embroidered with polychrome threads of various birds among peonies and pine, including eagle, crane, pheasant, peacock, cock, in flight or posed in the tree or on rocks. The frame and base are made of rosewood with inlaid decoration of mother-of-pearl, magpies and butterflies among prunus.
(Lack of inlays).
China, late 19th-early 20th centuries.
AN EMBROIDERY SILK PANEL WITH A WOOD WITH MOTHER-OF-PEARL FRAME AND STAND, CHINA, LATE 19TH-EARLY 20TH CENTURY.
DIM. 71 X 44,5 CM (27 15/16 X 17 1/2 IN.)