A HARDSTONE-EMBELLISHED TABLE SCREEN

A HARDSTONE-EMBELLISHED TABLE SCREEN
The rectangular screen with a terracotta colored ground and decorated with applied hardstones depicting a bowl of fruit on a stand, a censer, a box and cover on a small stand and other fruit, all within a low-relief-carved dark hardwood frame and stand.
23 3/4in (60.6cm) high; 22 1/4in (57.6cm) across
Footnotes:
半寶石飾案屏

Provenance:
Rendezhai (House of Benevolent Learning) Collection, acquired in Hong Kong between 1949 and 1970, thence by descent

來源：
仁德齋舊藏，於1949-1970年間購於香港，後由家族承繼

The Rendezhai Collection was formed by Dr. Olaf Skinsnes (1917-1997) from 1949 through the 1970s. Dr. Skinsnes was born in Henan to parents who were medical missionaries. He maintained a lifelong passion for Chinese art and history and formed the collection as a didactic tool to expand Western knowledge of China's rich history and culture. In honor of his dedication to China, he was awarded the Friendship Medal in 1992 by the Chinese government.