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THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
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          A VERY RARE TWELVE-PANEL COROMANDEL LACQUER SCREEN  PROVENANCE:
          DATED TO THE RENSHEN YEAR OF KANGXI, CORRESPONDING TO   The C. Ruxton and Audrey B. Love Collection: Important European Furniture   title zhuangyuan (first in the highest imperial
          1692, AND OF THE PERIOD                             and Asian Works of Art; Christie's New York, 19 October 2004, lot 448.  examination) in the 27th year of Kangxi (1688).
          Each panel is finely carved and vibrantly decorated on one side with figures   私人珍藏                                    The scenes on the screen include scenic locations
          in different mountainous landscapes below a short inscription describing the                                           in Quanzhou, Fujian province, as well as in
          scene, all within an 'antiques' border between further decorative bands. The   清康熙壬申年(1692) 款彩山水人物圖十二扇屏風               Hangzhou and Fengshan in Zhejiang province.
          reverse is carved with a lengthy gilt-filled dedicatory inscription including a   來源:                                  Another screen of this type decorated with eight
          cyclical date renshen, surrounded by decorative borders painted with birds,   The C. Ruxton and Audrey B. Love Collection: Important European Furniture   scenic views of Hangzhou, which also has a
          flowers, and 'antiques'.                            and Asian Works of Art; 紐約佳士得, 2004年10月19日, 拍品編號 448               lengthy dedicatory inscription bearing a Kangxi
          1181/2 in. (300 cm.) high, 22æ in. (58 cm.) wide, 3/4 in. (2 cm.) deep, each panel                                     date corresponding to 1670 on the reverse, in the
                                                              According to the inscription on the reverse, which is dated to renshen year of   Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, is illustrated
          $150,000-200,000                                    the Kangxi reign (1692), the screen is dedicated to Mr. Xie, the governor of   by Hai-wai Chen, Chinese Art in Overseas
                                                              Rui’an county, Zhejiang province, on the occasion of his birthday. The author of   Collections; Lacquerware, National Palace
                                                              this dedicative inscription is Shen Tingwen, who was conferred the honorable   Museum, Taiwan, 1987, pp. 182-3, no. 177.

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