A HARDWOOD ENAMELED PORCELAIN MOUNTED 'THRONE-BACK' TABLE SCREEN


Dated by inscription to 1924Comprising three stepped panels, each panel mounted with two porcelain plaques, the center panel with a plaque painted with 'One Hundred Antiques' motif above a plaque painted with a phoenix beneath a wutong tree, inscribed with the title of the scene, jiazi date, dedicatory inscription, and signed Yan Hanchen, flanked on either side by bird and flower plaques above landscapes, all surmounted by shaped crests carved with floral scrolls and resting atop a conforming hardwood waisted stand craved with detached foliate scrolls between lotus lappets.27 3/4in (70cm) high