Exceptional Chinese carved and scenic-painted twelve-panel screen late...

yellowed approx loss 5-10 10-20 10-15 right carved objects painted wood lacquer birds frame scenic-painted late court immortals animals panels perched antiques extremely number collectors items resemble ideal inlaid chinese screen 18th/early black mortise scene officials bearers ladies popular ming rise literati brushpots furnishings framed condition lacks hinges inset listed order twelve-panel 19th century through-tenon construction decorated continuous summer palace musicians acrobats tribute open pavilions enclosed gardens embellished carvings scrolling foliage accented gilt reverse incise-carved amidst provenance george horace lorimer's collection sotheby's including early qing periods result accoutrements studios studies elegant accessories helped portray owners connoisseurs adding veneer culture perceived newly-come-up world screens cabinets minor loses rubbing wear scuffs appears good pivoting fabric panel conditions left bamboo l18'6 estate purchased christie's motifs exceptional prunus h9'8 philadelphia lorimer london notes