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Lot Essay
According to the inscription on the reverse, which is dated to renshen year of the Kangxi reign (1692), the screen is dedicated to Mr. Xie, the governor of Rui’an county, Zhejiang province, on the occasion of his birthday. The author of this dedicative inscription is Shen Tingwen, who was conferred the honorable title zhuangyuan (first in the highest imperial examination) in the 27th year of Kangxi (1688).
The scenes on the screen include scenic locations in Quanzhou, Fujian province, as well as in Hangzhou and Fengshan in Zhejiang province. Another screen of this type decorated with eight scenic views of Hangzhou, which also has a lengthy dedicatory inscription bearing a Kangxi date corresponding to 1670 on the reverse, in the Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, is illustrated by Hai-wai Chen, Chinese Art in Overseas Collections; Lacquerware, National Palace Museum, Taiwan, 1987, pp. 182-3, no. 177.
The scenes on the screen include scenic locations in Quanzhou, Fujian province, as well as in Hangzhou and Fengshan in Zhejiang province. Another screen of this type decorated with eight scenic views of Hangzhou, which also has a lengthy dedicatory inscription bearing a Kangxi date corresponding to 1670 on the reverse, in the Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, is illustrated by Hai-wai Chen, Chinese Art in Overseas Collections; Lacquerware, National Palace Museum, Taiwan, 1987, pp. 182-3, no. 177.