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A RARE TWELVE-LEAF ‘COROMANDEL’ LACQUER DOUBLE-
SIDED ‘WEST LAKE’ SCREEN
Kangxi
Lavishly decorated with an idyllic view of the West Lake in Hangzhou
with courtly ladies and gentlemen gathered in pavilions engaged in
elegant pursuits amidst bridges and boats, surrounded by panels
containing further landscapes, flowers and mythical animals, the
reverse with a palatial scene of the Eight Immortals descending from
the top left corner to pavilions containing seated court ladies and
dignitaries, surrounded by panels enclosing the Hundred Antiques.
Each leaf 263cm (103 1/2in) high x 47cm (18 1/2in) wide. (12).

£8,000 - 12,000
CNY72,000 - 110,000

Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價

清康熙 款彩西湖風景雙面十二開圍屏

Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Summer
Exhibition, London, 2002, no.133

展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《夏季展覽》，倫敦，2002年，
編號133

Hangzhou in Zhejiang Province is famous for its historic and cultural
scenic spots dotted around its famous West Lake. With distinguished
scholar-poets such as Bai Juyi 白居易 (772-846) and Su Dongpo
蘇東坡 (1037-1101) as former governors, West Lake became a
major attraction for the literati who travelled there to write and paint
their own impressions. Dong Bangda (1699-1769) painted ‘forty
views’ of Hangzhou, giving the names of the topographical elements
characteristic of the town and West Lake.

For related screens with depictions of the West Lake, see W.De Kesel
and G.Dhont, Coromandel Lacquer Screens, Ghent, 2002, pp.71-75.
See also another example illustrated in Kangxi Empereur de Chine
1662–1722: La Cité Interdite à Versailles, Paris, 2004, no.175; and
another example illustrated in Exhibition of Mother-of-Pearl Inlay in
Chinese Lacquer Art, Tokyo, 1979, no.81.

See a related nine-leaf screen depicting the West Lake, 18th century,
which was sold at Christie’s London, 11 July 2006, lot 79.

For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot
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