Chinese Scholar's Table Screen with Jade Plaques

Carved hardwood stand inset with nine carved jade plaques including three rectangular form plaques with incised inscriptions, a rectangular plaque with pierced carving of a bird in foliage, two plaques in the form of double gourds, two pierced circular plaques, and a bat form plaque. (largest plaque measures 1.75 x 1.25 in.; the smallest plaque measures .5 x 1.25 in.)

DOA 13 x 9.25 x 4.75 in.

From the Estate of Captain Benjamin Soule Gantz and Ethyle Offutt Gantz, Shanghai, China and Washington, D.C.

Purchased in Shanghai in the 1920s.

Some loss and breaks to hardwood frame; no apparent damage to jade plaques.

$400 - 800