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A PAIR OF ELABORATELY CARVED HONGMU SIDE TABLES A TWELVE-PANEL COROMANDEL LACQUER SCREEN
Late Qing/Republic period 18th century
Each two-board top enclosed in a mitred, mortise-and-tenon frame Decorated with a banqueting scene held at a manorial complex with
above a richly carved dense network of lingzhi fungus forming the revelers and entertainers performing in the courtyard and guests
waist, apron and hipped supports terminating in cabriole feet. circulating in surrounding pavilions, the scene enclosed by potted
34 1/4 x 65 1/4 x 26in (87 x 165.2 x 66cm) plants enclosed in rectangular reserves above, mythical beasts
below and flanked at each end with further beasts cavorting below
US$3,000 - 5,000 descending dragons, the scene reversed by a dedicatory inscription
dated to jichou year (1709), spring, by Wang Chengyue, sealed Fa
Zeng.
110 x 201in each panel (279.4 x 510.54cm)
US$25,000 - 40,000
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