17TH-18TH CENTURY

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A CHINESE COROMANDEL LACQUER TWELVE-PANEL FLOOR SCREEN
17TH-18TH CENTURY
Finely carved and painted with officials, ladies and young boys at leisurely pursuits, between decorative borders with scenes of landscapes, birds and flower, and writhing dragons chasing flaming pearls, the reverse with a similar terraced scene, the border with "antiques"
94 x 180 in. (238.8 x 457.2 cm.), overall

Provenance

R. Thornton Wilson and Josephine Wilson, New York.
Thence by descent.

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Please note the correct Provenance ought to read: R. Thornton Wilson and Josephine Wilson, New York. Thence by descent.

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