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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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