Long Carved Panel with Mother of Pearl A6 neutral colours

neutral colours

harks back to earlier door and window panels in Chinese homes and is made in the same way - each individual piece of wood fitting into the next with mortise and tenon joints

square wall panel is referred to by the Chinese as 'cracked ice' and is made up of individual mortised pieces of wood

The stunning off white background of this vase lamp is decorated with spreading twigs laden with red and yellow peach blossoms

Long Carved Panel with Mother of Pearl A6 neutral coloursJiangsu, circa 1880 This long carved panel was originally the front part of a Chinese marriage bed, produced in the city of Suzhou in China's eastern Jiangsu province. It is divided into three sections, with each one incorporating a lozenge shaped carving showing various figures at court. These are varnished in red, black and gold, with a mother of pearl fragment inlay. The carvings are set within a geometric pattern made with individual pieces of