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PROPERTY FROM A SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA INSTITUTION PROPERTY FROM THE MONTEREY MUSEUM OF ART,
SOLD TO BENEFIT THE MUSEUM FUNDS
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A HUANGHUALI THREE-DRAWER COFFER 974
Republic period A RARE LARGE TWELVE-PANEL COROMANDEL SCREEN
The floating panel top set into a mitred, mortise and tenon frame with 18th century, dated by inscription to 1704
separate upturned scrolled ends over three recessed drawers set with Elegantly carved on one side with a celebration in an elaborate
brass mounts and two plain well-figured panels and a straight apron manorial complex, with dancers entertaining the host while richly-
joined to oval-shaped supports. clad guests wander through side pavilions and gardens surrounded
32 1/2 x 74 x 18 1/2in (82.6 x 188 x 46.4cm) by auspicious animals and flowers, with landscape reserves above
and seasonal flowers below, the reverse depicting a large landscape
$12,000 - 15,000 waterway with fishermen and travelers flanked to one side by a
dedicatory inscription with a Kangxi jiashen cyclical date (1704), the
Provenance scene enclosed at the top and bottom with potted ritual vessels and
mythical beasts with paired dragons to each side.
Property from a California Institution 117 x 18 x 5/8in (297.2 x 45.7 x 1.7cm)

$40,000 - 60,000

Provenance
Gift of the Castro-Work Collection to the Monterey Museum of Art

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