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VARIOUS PROPERTIES
1679
A TWELVE-PANEL COROMANDEL SCREEN
DATED TO THE BINGYIN YEAR OF KANGXI, CORRESPONDING TO
1686, AND OF THE PERIOD
The screen is fnely carved and vibrantly decorated on one side with a
continuous scene of fgures gathering, dancing, and engaged in leisurely
pursuits on terraced pavilions, all on a gilt ground. The wide, outer border
is decorated with shaped cartouches containing antiques, landscapes
scenes, and elegantly dressed fgures. The reverse is carved with a lengthy
gilt-flled dedicatory inscription including a cyclical date binyin, surrounded
by decorative borders of shaped medallions painted with landscape scenes,
mythical beasts, and ‘antiques’.
115º in. (292.7 cm.) high, 20 in. (50.8 cm.) wide, each panel
$80,000-120,000
The present screen shown in situ at Mareuil-sur-Ay.
清康熙丙寅年（1686） 款彩十二扇人物圖屏風

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