TWO PAIRS OF COROMANDEL LACQUER DOUBLE-SIDED PANELS, ONE PAIR MOUNTED AS TABLE SCREENS
Kangxi
The pair of table screen panels carved and infilled with pigment to depict a figurative scene on one side and a branch of floral sprays to the reverse, raised on lacquered wood stands; the pair of panels with a series of shaped panels on one side and a calligraphic inscription to the reverse.
The table screens 34cm (13 1/2in) high
Footnotes:
清康熙 款彩屏 兩對

For similar examples see Lacquer Wares of the Yuan and Ming Dynasties: the Complete Treasures of the Palace Museum, no 206, p. 260.

The table screens each contain a collector's label bearing a crest depicting a bear's head with erased muzzled and charged with a trefoil slipped. Although the exact provenance cannot be determined it has been narrowed down to the families Ambrow, Anbury, Anborrow, Barker, Beaumont, Benson, Bere, Brereton, Brewster, Chamberlain, Craddock, Fitzharry, Forth, Freckleton, Fulford, Gimber, Langham, Longham, Milburn, Spence and Travis.

There are various losses to the panels particularly along the edges and corners, with some surface cracking, rubbing and abrasions. Small sections to the stands are missing.