Chinese Carved Gilt Red Lacquer Figural Panel Antique Qing 19thC Wedgwood and warm wood tones

and warm wood tones

or as the focal point of a curated display

Its graceful depiction of maternal love

enhancing a staircase landing or adding height and balance to a fireplace or alcove display

as a trinket or jewellery box

Chinese Carved Gilt Red Lacquer Figural Panel Antique Qing 19thC Wedgwood and warm wood tonesA Chinese carved wood panel decorated in relief with figures a horseman and attendants in a garden with a balustrade and blossoming branches, the figures gilt and raised against a deep red pink lacquered ground. Narrative figural panels of this kind were used on furniture, screens and architectural fittings. The panel dates to the 19th or early 20th century (late Qing Republic period). Some flaking of the lacquer and loss to the gilding is expected