Lot 789
789
A VERY RARE TWELVE-PANEL COROMANDEL LACQUER SCREEN
A VERY RARE TWELVE-PANEL COROMANDEL LACQUER SCREEN
A VERY RARE TWELVE-PANEL COROMANDEL LACQUER SCREEN
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A VERY RARE TWELVE-PANEL COROMANDEL LACQUER SCREEN

DATED TO THE RENSHEN YEAR OF KANGXI, CORRESPONDING TO 1692, AND OF THE PERIOD

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A VERY RARE TWELVE-PANEL COROMANDEL LACQUER SCREEN
DATED TO THE RENSHEN YEAR OF KANGXI, CORRESPONDING TO 1692, AND OF THE PERIOD
Each panel is finely carved and vibrantly decorated on one side with figures in different mountainous landscapes below a short inscription describing the scene, all within an 'antiques' border between further decorative bands. The reverse is carved with a lengthy gilt-filled dedicatory inscription including a cyclical date renshen, surrounded by decorative borders painted with birds, flowers, and 'antiques'.
118 1/2 in. (300 cm.) high, 22 3/4 in. (58 cm.) wide, 3/4 in. (2 cm.) deep, each panel
Provenance
The C. Ruxton and Audrey B. Love Collection: Important European Furniture and Asian Works of Art; Christie's New York, 19 October 2004, lot 448.
Special notice
Please note that this lot is subject to an import tariff. The amount of the import tariff due is a percentage of the final hammer price plus buyer's premium. The buyer should contact Post Sale Services prior to the sale to determine the estimated amount of the import tariff. If the buyer instructs Christie's to arrange shipping of the lot to a foreign address the buyer will not be required to pay the import tariff, but the shipment may be delayed while awaiting approval to export from the local government. If the buyer instructs Christie's to arrange shipping of the lot to a domestic address, if the buyer collects the property in person, or if the buyer arranges their own shipping (whether domestically or internationally), the buyer will be required to pay the import tariff. For the purpose of calculating sales tax, if applicable, the import tariff will be added to the final hammer price plus buyer's premium and sales tax will be collected as per The Buyer's Premium and Taxes section of the Conditions of Sale.

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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.

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