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PROPERTY OF A EUROPEAN LADY

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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
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