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What do you call a room divider?

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What do you call a room divider?

Room dividers can also be referred to as screens or panels.

Lotus Gallery
Lotus GallerySeptember 23, 2020
Chinese Sign
Located in Chicago, IL
This impressive sign was once hung above the entrance to a Chinese ancestral hall. It is made from
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20th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Wood, Lacquer

Chinese Lacquered 12-Panel Screen
Located in New York, NY
Asian Chinese black lacquered (19th/20th Century) 12 panel screen with an incised gilt genre scene
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Chippendale Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Wood

Chinese Export Wallpaper Six Panel Screen
Located in Bradenton, FL
Chinese export wallpaper six panel screen, each panel depicting Chinese decor. Screen includes blue
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Screens and Room Dividers

Materials

Wood, Paint, Paper

Chinese Lattice Wall Panel
Located in Chicago, IL
side and a flat back side. Though lattice walls were common in China, this one is somewhat unusual in
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Antique 19th Century Chinese Screens and Room Dividers

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Elm

Chinese Export Four Panel Lacquered Coromandel Screen
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Celestial Chinese export coromandel four-panel screen depicting figures in colorful robes in a
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings and Screens

Materials

Brass

Chinese Export Twelve Panel Coromandel Style Screen
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Monumental Chinese export coromandel style lacquered screen featuring twelve panels with incised
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Paintings and Screens

Materials

Brass

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Large Delft Blue and White Fluted Octagonal Jar, JV Duijn, 18th c, Netherlands
By De Porceleyne Schotel, Johannes Van Duijn
Located in Austin, TX
A large and impressive Dutch Delft jar of octagonal shape with fluted sides, mark for Johannes Van Duijn, De Porceleyne Schotel Factory, 1764 - 1773, Delft, Holland, the Netherlands....
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Antique Mid-18th Century Dutch Chinoiserie Jars

Materials

Faience, Pottery, Earthenware, Delft

Chinese Famille Rose Enameled Porcelain Guanyin, Zeng Longsheng, 1980's, China
Located in Austin, TX
A large and vibrantly decorated Chinese famille rose enameled porcelain figure of Guanyin, marked Zeng Longsheng (1901 - 1964), but of later manufacture, circa 1980's, China. The t...
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Vintage 1980s Chinese Qing Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Porcelain

Tibetan Rock Crystal Covered Bowl with Gilt Silver Filigree Mounts, Modern
Located in Austin, TX
A sumptuous Tibetan rock crystal bowl and cover mounted in gilt silver filigree and studded with coral, turquoise, and lapis lazuli. The extravagant bowl has been carved out of a si...
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21st Century and Contemporary Tibetan Tibetan Decorative Bowls

Materials

Coral, Lapis Lazuli, Multi-gemstone, Rock Crystal, Silver

Japanese Bronze Deer Incense Burner, Koro, Meiji Period, late 19th c, Japan
Located in Austin, TX
An elegant and ethereal Japanese bronze censer, koro, in the form of a deer, Meiji Period, late 19th century, Japan. The deer is portrayed standing upon thin, spindly legs, one leg ...
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Bronze

Kinkozan Satsuma Plate with Miniature Figures, Meiji Period, circa 1900, Japan
By Kinkozan
Located in Austin, TX
A very finely painted Japanese Satsuma plate with miniature figural paintings, signed Kinkozan for the Kinkozan workshops, Meiji Period, circa 1900, Japan. The lovely plate crafted ...
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Antique Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic, Stoneware

Japanese Maki-e Lacquer Sutra Box with Peony Mon, Meiji Period, c 1900, Japan
Located in Austin, TX
A Japanese maik-e decorated black lacquer sutra box, kyobako, with peony mon design, Meiji Period, circa 1900, Japan. The elegant lacquer box originally crafted to hold sutras, sacr...
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Antique Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Lacquer

Materials

Copper

Japanese Bronze Water Coupe, Eguchi as Fugen, Edo/Meiji Period, Japan
Located in Austin, TX
A very finely cast Japanese bronze water coupe in the form of the courtesan Eguchi riding an elephant, signed Kazutada, Edo to Meiji Period, mid 19th century, Japan. The small and elegant bronze water coupe is exquisitely cast to depict a figure of a seated lady reading poetry upon the back of a large recumbent elephant. This image depicts the Courtesan of Eguchi as Fugen Bosatsu...
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Antique Mid-19th Century Japanese Meiji Scholar's Objects

Materials

Bronze

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