A metal triptych screen with a Chinese white jade plaque.

Dimensions are: 17 inches tall X 12 1/2 inches wide, 43.18 cm X 31.75 cm. All measurements are approximate.

Provenance: From Mrs. Kittelberger in northern Maryland. Collected by her late husband prior to the 1980s. Lots 491 to 497 are from the same collection.

Condition: Breaks, loss, and damage to the surface.

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This silver table screen is a set of three joined panels. On the front, the main panel is inscribed with "Qi ding Second Spring" at the upper side, and "Fu Lu Shou" at the center. The left and right panels are each inscribed with "Wealth and Longevity" and "Youth-bringing Elixir" and are accompanied by reliefs of lively characters. On the back, the main screen is inset with a white jade plaque carved in the form of double happiness at the middle. The left and right panels are inscribed with "Three-Lives Ding" and "Wa jin Bell" and are decorated with corresponding ornaments. At the top of the screen there are two swords standing at the left and right end. Between them is a belt of hollowed carving depicting two phoenixes. The Qi ding Emperor was the emperor of the Nguyen Dynasty of Vietnam. The second year of Qi ding was the year 1917, which was also the sixth year of the Republic period of China. This work is exquisitely crafted, unique in style, and auspicious in meaning: best suited for a study room’s decoration.

啟定二年 越南銀鑲玉臺屏

此件銀製臺屏由三扇屏面聯結。中間主屏正面銘有「啟定二年春」，錦地中間刻畫 「福祿壽」三字。左右兩扇各刻「富貴長春」和「靈丹卻老」，並配以生動的人物刻畫。中間主屏背面則是鑲嵌了白玉雙喜，左右屏各刻了「三命鼎」和「萬金鐘」字樣，並配以相應紋飾。臺屏頂部雕有雙鳳，左右各矗立一把劍，腳部為兩只瑞獸。啟定是越南大南國阮朝啟定帝的年號，啟定二年是1917年即民國六年。此件作品做工精細，款式獨特，寓意吉祥，可做文房擺設之用。