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A SMALL TEN-LEAF ‘COROMANDEL’ LACQUER
SCREEN
Kangxi
With one side depicting a detailed scene of numerous
beauties, children and attendants celebrating the birthday
of the Tang dynasty general Guo Ziyi at his palatial Fenyang
compound surrounded by ‘One hundred Antiques’ and
floral motifs, the reverse with a highly auspicious calligraphic
inscription of one hundred Shou characters.
Each leaf 110cm (43 1/4in) high x 20cm (7 7/8in) wide:
overall 200.5cm (79in) wide. (10).
£3,000 - 5,000
CNY27,000 - 45,000
Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve.
本拍品不設底價

清康熙 款彩郭子儀慶壽圖雙面十開圍屏

Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: R.Keverne Ltd.,
Winter Exhibition, London, 2002, no.126

展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《冬季展覽》，
倫敦，2002年，編號126

Screens of this type were expensive and laborious to
produce, and were intended for use by high-ranking officials,
scholars and gentry who often commissioned them to
commemorate important events. The present lot, with Shou
characters expressing the wish for longevity, appears to
have been made for a birthday. The palatial scene on the
screen depicts a reception or banquet given by General Guo
Ziyi 郭子儀 (697-781), a celebrated figure who was credited
with saving the Tang dynasty by putting down the An Shi
rebellion. He was later made a prince and eventually deified 207 (front and reverse)
in popular culture as a God of Wealth and Happiness. The
subject would have made this screen a highly appropriate
birthday gift. Several ‘Coromandel’ lacquer screens with
similar scenes of palaces and processions, Kangxi, are
illustrated by W.De Kesel and G.Dhont in Coromandel:
Lacquer Screens, Gent, 2002, pp.40-44. See also further
examples illustrated by M.Beurdeley, Le Mobilier Chinois:
Le Guide du Connaiseur, Fribourg, pp.135-142.

See a similar ‘Coromandel’ lacquer screen with the same
motif, early 18th century, which was sold at Christie’s
London, 18 November 2015, lot 29.

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A SET OF SIX COROMANDEL LACQUER ‘LITERARY’
DOUBLE-SIDED TABLE SCREENS
Kangxi
Comprising six panels each carved in relief through a dark
brown ground depicting traditional scenes from vernacular
literature and drama, the reverse with poetic inscriptions in
cursive script and various seals, all with wood stands. Each
35.5cm (14in) high. (12).
£3,000 - 5,000
CNY27,000 - 45,000
Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve.
本拍品不設底價

清康熙 款彩人物故事圖雙面硯屏 一組六件

Each screen depicts a scene from popular fiction or drama
at the time, including: Cheng Lin Saving the Master (程琳
救主), Zhaojun Departs for the Frontier (昭君出塞), Zhaojun
Marrying the Khan (昭君和番), Reunion Beside the Well (義
井傳書), Zhao Kuangyin Escorting Jinniang (送金娘). See
a related example in the collection of the Palace Museum, 208
Beijing, illustrated in Zhongguo Qiqi Quanji, Zhongguo
Meishu Fenlei Quanji, vol.5, Beijing, 1995, no.200.
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