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PROPERTY OF THE HODROFF COLLECTION
A TWELVE-PANEL COROMANDEL LACQUER SCREEN
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
Details
A TWELVE-PANEL COROMANDEL LACQUER SCREEN
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
The screen is decorated with a lively pavilion scene depicting figures dancing, talking, acting and in casual conversation, within a narrow, trellis-pattern border with lotus cartouches and shou characters. The wide, outer border has flower vases above and mythical beasts below and at the ends, and the reverse is decorated with birds perched in flowering trees and bushes amidst rockwork.
104 in. (264 cm.) high, each panel 20 ¼ in. (51.5 cm.) wide
KANGXI PERIOD (1662-1722)
The screen is decorated with a lively pavilion scene depicting figures dancing, talking, acting and in casual conversation, within a narrow, trellis-pattern border with lotus cartouches and shou characters. The wide, outer border has flower vases above and mythical beasts below and at the ends, and the reverse is decorated with birds perched in flowering trees and bushes amidst rockwork.
104 in. (264 cm.) high, each panel 20 ¼ in. (51.5 cm.) wide
Provenance
Sir Saxton William Armstrong Noble, 3rd Baronet (1863-1942), London, before 1935.
Christie's London, 6 April 1998, lot 101.
Christie's London, 6 April 1998, lot 101.
Literature
International Exhibition of Chinese Art, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1935-6, p. 173, no. 1835.
Exhibited
London, Royal Academy of Arts, International Exhibition of Chinese Art, 1935-6, no. 1835.