A LARGE GILT-DECORATED BLACK AND RED LACQUERED TWELVE-PANEL SCREEN

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A LARGE GILT-DECORATED BLACK AND RED LACQUERED TWELVE-PANEL SCREEN
Each panel is decorated with various figures at leisurely pursuits, including an Emperor being entertained by dancers, ladies at their toilette and gatherings of scholars, all within relief-carved red and gilt panels of stylized fretwork and auspicious symbols. The reverse is carved with a lengthy gilt-highlighted inscription incorporating a date corresponding to 1783.
133 in. (333 cm.) high, 22 in. (56 cm.) wide, each panel

Provenance

Christie's, New York, 23 March 1995, lot 302.

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Lot Essay

The inscription indicates that this is a 'birthday screen' presented to a man named Hu, on the occasion of his sixtieth birthday. The text of the inscription was composed in 1783 by a fellow civil official, Xiao Zhongguang, who, in describing his own background, mentions that he himself has passed both the juren (provincial) and the jinshi (capital) examinations.

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