A RARE CARVED CINNABAR LACQUER TABLE SCREEN Mid-Ming DynastyA RARE CARVED CINNABAR LACQUER TABLE SCREENMid-Ming DynastyThe shaped rectangular screen intricately and deeply carved on one side with a landscape view depicting a group of scholars, three seated outdoor, one within a small hut, gazing at the mountainous range before them, flanked by a overhanging pine, a wutong tree and a pagoda, all above a border with mythical long-tailed birds interspersed with rocks and floral shrubs. 15.9cm (6 1/2in) high.明中期 剔紅山水人物紋桌屏Contemplative scenes depicting elderly scholars and Court figures at leisure, gazing at a scenery from the surroundings of an idyllic country retreat with pavilions and waterside terraces, are a classic subject of lacquer ware produced during the Ming dynasty.Related table screens were more frequently made in other media: compare, for example, a Longquan celadon-glazed table screen, dated by inscription to 1492, in the Percival David collection in the British Museum, London, illustrated by S.Pierson, Illustrated Catalogue of Celadon Wares in the Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art, London, 1997, no.A207. Compare with a related carved cinnabar lacquer table screen, Ming dynasty, Hongzhi, decorated with Court figures in a garden setting, which was sold at Christie's Hong Kong, 1 December 2009, lot 1827.is_parse: 20230413image: yuzhan_bonhams_item.jpgsold_price_type: £