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PROPERTY OF A NEW YORK PRIVATE PROVENANCE
COLLECTOR
Stair and Co., New York, 1987.
A TWELVE-PANEL BROWN LACQUER
$ 20,000-30,000
AND POLYCHROME COROMANDEL
SCREEN 㶭⋩ḅᶾ䲨ġġġ檡㺮≈⼑悕⫸₨ㄞ⢥
QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY ⚾⋩Ḵ㇯⯷桐
the panels carved with continuous scene Ը๕
depicting the birthday celebration of the StairġandġCoį炻䲸䲬炻1987⸜
renown Tang dynasty general Guo Ziyi, the
dignitary enjoying the entertainment and
receiving guests bearing tribute, surrounded by
women and children at play, the reverse with
the ‘Hundred Birds’ motif, with inscription an
apocryphal Kangxi date, all set within elaborate,
varying borders and raised on rectangular feet
Height 113 in., 287 cm; Width of each panel 19
in., 48.3 cm
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