1930s Vintage Asian Acid Etched Art Deco Room Divider Screen

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Incredible and one-of-a-kind 1920-30s acid etched, Lalique style, art Deco hand painted glass room divider. This 5 panel set was … more Incredible and one-of-a-kind 1920-30s acid etched, Lalique style, art Deco hand painted glass room divider. This 5 panel set was purchased at an auction house in London and has been in storage for 80 years and never before seen until now. It was still complete with the Hedley's Humpers label stickers. The quality and details of the painted glass are expertly designed and etched in a Lalique style. The sun shines through them allowing vibrant colors to warm an entire room.These 5 panels portray camel warriors, armed with bows and arrows, leaving a large castle. The castle is next to a beautiful mountain by a lake surrounded by animals and dragons. The dragon flying over the lake is amazing and the first panel shows the large wings of a dragon which we assume the warriors are sent to fight. We do not know anything about who made this scene but it was typical in historic battle to use Mongolian camel warriors and war elephants. It looks though that the large dragon on the first panel doesn't have the matching head to follow on the next panel which means there may be more to this piece out there. I included a photo of the elephant and rhino head at the bottom to show the two are actually different animals from the dragon body but when the whole scene fits together you can't even tell it is truly magnificent. We have never seen anything like these in all our years of salvage. Fortunately, we had it appraised by a stained glass master who was able to give us more information about it. less