KANGXI
Details
A VERY FINE TWELVE-LEAF COROMANDEL LACQUER SCREEN
kangxi
Colourfully decorated with a lively pavilion scene depicting figures dancing, talking, acting and in casual conversation, within a trellis-pattern border with lotus cartouches and shou characters, below flower-vases above and mythical beasts below and at either end, the reverse with birds perched in flowering trees and bushes issuing from rockwork, age cracks, chips at base restored
104 in. (264 cm.) high, each leaf 20¼ in. (51.5 cm.) wide
kangxi
Colourfully decorated with a lively pavilion scene depicting figures dancing, talking, acting and in casual conversation, within a trellis-pattern border with lotus cartouches and shou characters, below flower-vases above and mythical beasts below and at either end, the reverse with birds perched in flowering trees and bushes issuing from rockwork, age cracks, chips at base restored
104 in. (264 cm.) high, each leaf 20¼ in. (51.5 cm.) wide
Provenance
Saxton Noble, London.
Exhibited
International Exhibition of Chinese Art, Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1935-6, no.1835, illustrated p.173.