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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.

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