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           A TWELVE PANEL COROMANDEL SCREEN                  AN MASSIVE CARVED HARDWOOD TRESTLE TABLE
           Late Qing/Republic Period                         20th century
           The central panel depicting a vast manor complex in the midst of   The single panel top set into a mitered, mortise and tenoned frame
           a festive evening, the extensive buildings and grounds silhouetted   with up-turned ends over an elaborate carved apron rendered in
           against a lake and distant hills, the scene enclosed by borders of fans   multiple levels of relief with five clawed dragons contesting flaming
           decorated with landscapes above and scenes of mythical animals   jewels centered on a large dragon head, the beaded supports and
           below, the end panels carved with monumental dragons in clouds and   spandrels continuing the decoration down the supports joined to rich
           bearing a cyclical date jiachen (1844/1904).      openwork panels of confronted dragon heads and shou medallions.
           108 x 228in (274.3 x 579cm)                       42 x 232 x 17 1/2in
           $4,000 - 6,000                                    $5,000 - 7,000
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