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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE NEW YORK COLLECTION
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AN EIGHT-PANEL COROMANDEL LACQUER SCREEN
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722) DATED BY INSCRIPTION TO 1687
One side of the screen is finely decorated with a pavilion scene depicting
dancers, musicians, and actors within a wide border decorated with antiques.
The reverse has a lengthy dedicatory birthday inscription.
98 in. (248.9 cm.) high, 17√ in. (45.5 cm.) long, Ω in. (1.3 cm.) deep each panel
$60,000-80,000
PROVENANCE:
Spink & Son Ltd., London, 6 March 1992.

The lengthy dedicatory inscription carved on the back of the screen
commemorates the birthday of a father with the surname Duan, and praises
their family members’ lifelong accomplishments throughout the dynasties.
The inscription is written by Yang Zhongyue, a recorded scholar that held the
title of Shujishi (All good men of virtue) in the Hanlin Academy, the academic
and administrative institution for higher learning at the imperial court.

紐約私人珍藏
清康熙二十六年（1687） 款彩祝壽圖八扇屏風
來源:
Spink & Son, 倫敦, 1992年3月6日。

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