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PROPERTY OF THE HODROFF COLLECTION PROVENANCE
1116 Sir Saxton William Armstrong Noble, 3rd Baronet (1863-1942), London, before
A TWELVE-PANEL COROMANDEL LACQUER SCREEN 1935.
Christie’s London, 6 April 1998, lot 101.
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
The screen is decorated with a lively pavilion scene depicting fgures dancing, EXHIBITED
talking, acting and in casual conversation, within a narrow, trellis-pattern
border with lotus cartouches and shou characters. The wide, outer border London, Royal Academy of Arts, International Exhibition of Chinese Art, 1935-6,
has fower vases above and mythical beasts below and at the ends, and the no. 1835.
reverse is decorated with birds perched in fowering trees and bushes amidst
rockwork. LITERATURE
104 in. (264 cm.) high, each panel 20º in. (51.5 cm.) wide
International Exhibition of Chinese Art, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1935-6,
$30,000-40,000 p. 173, no. 1835.
清康熙 款彩庭院人物圖屏風
