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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN

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A MAGNIFICENT TWELVE-PANEL COROMANDEL LACQUER SCREEN

KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
The screen is fnely carved and vibrantly decorated on one side with a continuous scene centered by
prunus, magnolia and pine trees growing around a large blue rock, to one side of this grouping are two
spotted deer shown recumbent below the prunus tree, and a pheasant below a pair of long-tailed parrots
in fight, all amidst further blue rocks, fowering peony and roses, while to the other side a qilin is seen
galloping on top of froth-tipped waves, its head turned back to glance at a pagoda borne on the vapor
emitted from the mouth of a mythical turtle-form beast. The scene is framed by the ‘hundred antiques’
interspersed with foral arrangements, between decorative borders. The reverse is decorated with two
rows of fan paintings alternating with square panels enclosing poems and landscape scenes. The poems
are depicted in various calligraphic scripts in the manner of famous Ming-dynasty scholars and artists, all
framed by further ‘precious objects’.
107æ in. (276.7 cm.) high, 20√ in. (52.5 cm.) wide, √ in. (2.1 cm.) deep, each panel
$150,000-250,000

PROVENANCE

Sotheby’s New York, 14 September 2011, lot 145.
清康熙 款彩瑞獸博古圖十二扇屏風

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