KANGXI (1662-1722), ADAPTED TO THE PRESENT SIZE PROBABLY IN THE 18TH CENTURY

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A CHINESE EIGHT-PANELLED COROMANDEL LACQUER SCREEN
KANGXI (1662-1722), ADAPTED TO THE PRESENT SIZE PROBABLY IN THE 18TH CENTURY
Shallowly carved and infilled with colours on the black-lacquered ground on one side with a trompe-l'oeil scene depicting a lakeside promontory interspersed with buildings, towers, pagodas, and a walled city, the lake bustling with fishing boats and junks, all within a border adorned with lotus scrolls, the reverse originally with a lengthy inscription, which has been later infilled and superimposed with twenty large red and gilt-lacquer fu characters in various fantastic scripts, within a border of seal-script medallions reserved on a honey-comb ground, age cracks and minor losses to lacquer
Each leaf: 75½ in. (192 cm.) high; 10½ in. (26 cm.) wide

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Lot Essay

The screen originally bore an inscription dedicated to a certain Ren Tong, who was a local dignitary in the Liaoyang area. It was later cut down in size, preserving the main scene, and added with a contemporary border. The inscription was then infilled with lacquer and painted over with the current fu characters. This was probably done in the 18th century since the characteristic 'snake-skin cracks' of the Kangxi Coromandel lacquer go through the later inscriptions as well.

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