Chinese Door Lintel with Sages, Floral and Phoenix Motif

Little carved arch with three robed figures in the center and flowers pouring down the legs.

This door lintel with sages, floral and phoenix motif is by Carved Poplar, from Shanxi Province, China, and dates to the 17th or 18th century. As original period furniture became harder to find, restoration artists began salvaging fragments from incomplete pieces to make complete ones, and eventually full reproductions began to surface. Small frame with a central panel of three standing figures flanked by blossoms and a bird, with leafy carving descending into the short legs. Two small rings hang below. Pale, silvery gray with dark recesses. It is 70 inches long, 4.25 deep and 35 high.

A tiny stage with a very full cast.