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PROPERTY OF A EUROPEAN LADY
*389
A SIX-PANELLED COROMANDEL LACQUER SCREEN
DATED BY INSCRIPTION TO THE 12TH MONTH OF THE 22ND YEAR OF THE KANGXI PERIOD,
CORRESPONDING TO 1683
清康熙 1683年 彩漆荷塘清賞詩文六開屏
刻文:「草深宜伏鹿,松老欲成龍」
「時在康熙二十二年十有二月 洪都子楊劉廷文繪鎸」
The screen is decorated to one side with a continuous scene depicting numerous female fgures and
attendants in boats on a pond with lotus, in pavilions and fenced garden scenes in various leisurely
pursuits, all enclosed by a phoenix border. The reverse is decorated with a recumbent deer amongst
rockwork and pine trees. The top left of scene has an inscription followed by two seal marks.
Each leaf, 72 x 15¬ in. (183 x 39.7 cm.)
£20,000-30,000 $31,000-46,000
350 €28,000-41,000