: An Eighteenth or Nineteenth Century Chinese eight-panel screen
was the high lot at Skinner's Asian works of art sale on April 29
when it sold for $226,000 against the $800-$1,200 estimate.
The screen was among a group of lots deaccessioned by the Museum
of Fine Arts, Boston, to benefit the acquisitions funds. Its
rosewood frame had archaic carvings and one side displayed a
textile collage of birds and flowers, while the other side had
soapstone carvings of the Immortals.
The screen sold to a Hong Kong dealer who had previewed it but
who was not in the salesroom during the sale.
The price includes the buyer's premium of 17 1/2 percent of the
first $80,000 of the purchase price and ten percent thereafter. A
complete review of this sale will appear in a future issue.
For information, 978-779-6241 or www.skinnerinc.com.
-Frances McQueeney-Jones Mascolo
