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                             AN IMPORTANT AND EXTREMELY RARE PAINTING OF AN
                             IMPERIAL COURTYARD-GARDEN SCENE BY HE SHIKUI
                             QING DYNASTY, SECOND QUARTER 19TH CENTURY,  PROBABLY CIRCA 1844-1845
                             This magnificent and extraordinarily detailed nine-panel screen – originally conceivedas
                             a large hanging scroll - depicts the imperial household at leisure in a garden landscape
                             scene during late spring. The lower corner of the garden-courtyard scene is detailed with
                             a young man, dressed in ethnic Han-style costume and holding a fan in one hand.  He
                             is standing in preparation of being received by a senior host, dressed in a blue-coloured
                             informal court robe who is seated in a veranda in the centre of the painting, and is
                             flanked on either side by elegant ladies and children of the household. Above the host is a
                             horizontal pink-ground plaque that bears the characters in blue, Yehui chunfang, meaning
                             Gathering and Nurturing the Fragrance of Spring Flowers, and is followed by the name
                             Huanwen and a further two seals.
                             92º in. (234.32 cm.) high, 155º in. (394.34 cm.) wide overall
                             Ink and colour on paper, later mounted as a nine-panel screen.
                             HK$3,200,000-5,000,000                        US$420,000-650,000
                             PROVENANCE
                             Amber Lightfoot Walker (1919-2014), New York
                             Amber Lightfoot Walker, was a New York socialite and philanthropist with a passion for the arts.
                             New York Cultural institutions including Lincoln Center Theater, the Morgan Library & Museum
                             and the 92nd Street Y were the beneficiaries of her estate and received generous donations in
                             the name of Ms. Walker’s son, the late Christopher Lightfoot Walker.


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