Chinese Inlay and Hand Embellished Decorative Plaque

Item Details

shell, dye, paint

A Chinese mix media decorative plaque. This round wooden piece features a background of hand painted black mountains, with screen printed foliage and delicate trellis architecture against a gold tone ground. There are eight figures of women in various poses of gentile entertainment, with faces of hand painted plastic, with dyed shell inlay dresses. It is framed in a hand painted foliate and geometric border. An openwork brass bracket it attached on top for hanging.

• This item has been examined and verfied by an Independent Gradutate Master Geologist. (DCCPLS)

Condition

- fair; some stains to background; some the shell pieces are broken and missing, wear to outside frame.

Dimensions

- measurement of the frame.

Item #

17ATL024-131