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Lot 974
A rare large twelve-panel coromandel screen 18th century, dated by inscription to 1704
18 December 2017, 11:00 PST
San FranciscoUS$40,000 - US$60,000
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A rare large twelve-panel coromandel screen
18th century, dated by inscription to 1704
Elegantly carved on one side with a celebration in an elaborate manorial complex, with dancers entertaining the host while richly-clad guests wander through side pavilions and gardens surrounded by auspicious animals and flowers, with landscape reserves above and seasonal flowers below, the reverse depicting a large landscape waterway with fishermen and travelers flanked to one side by a dedicatory inscription with a Kangxi jiashen cyclical date (1704), the scene enclosed at the top and bottom with potted ritual vessels and mythical beasts with paired dragons to each side.
117 x 18 x 5/8in (297.2 x 45.7 x 1.7cm)
Elegantly carved on one side with a celebration in an elaborate manorial complex, with dancers entertaining the host while richly-clad guests wander through side pavilions and gardens surrounded by auspicious animals and flowers, with landscape reserves above and seasonal flowers below, the reverse depicting a large landscape waterway with fishermen and travelers flanked to one side by a dedicatory inscription with a Kangxi jiashen cyclical date (1704), the scene enclosed at the top and bottom with potted ritual vessels and mythical beasts with paired dragons to each side.
117 x 18 x 5/8in (297.2 x 45.7 x 1.7cm)
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Provenance
Gift of the Castro-Work Collection to the Monterey Museum of Art














