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清康熙 款彩庭院人物圖六扇屏風
Provenance: Chatsworth House, Derbyshire
Sotheby's London, 5-7 October 2010, lot 21
Literature: Chatsworth Inventory, 1764, possibly one of those listed in the Great Large Dining Room, 'Two Chinese Screens'
來源: Chatsworth莊園,德比郡
倫敦蘇富比,2010年10月5-7日,拍品編號21
文獻: Chatsworth目錄,1764年,可能為大宴會廳所列之「中國屏風二件」之一
Coromandel lacquer screens from the Kangxi period were highly prized items, crafted using the kuancai (engraved polychrome) technique. These large, multi-panel screens were made from thick wooden cores coated with layers of dark lacquer, into which artisans carved intricate designs before filling them with coloured pigments and gold. The scenes often depicted auspicious themes such as courtly processions, landscapes, or the 'Hundred Antiques,' reflecting both Chinese artistic traditions and Western tastes. Produced in workshops primarily in southern China, these screens were exported to Europe, where they adorned the grand interiors of aristocratic homes, serving as decorative partitions or wall panels. Their rich iconography and elaborate craftsmanship made them symbols of exotic luxury, highly sought after by collectors and connoisseurs. Several 'Coromandel' lacquer screens with similar scenes of palaces and processions, Kangxi, are illustrated by W.De Kesel and G.Dhont in Coromandel: Lacquer Screens, Gent, 2002, pp.40-44. See also further examples illustrated by M.Beurdeley, Le Mobilier Chinois: Le Guide du Connaisseur, Fribourg, pp.135-142.
Compare with a related Coromandel lacquer 'birthday banquet' twelve-leaf screen, Kangxi, cyclically dated to the Guiyou Year, corresponding to 1693 and of the period, which was sold at Bonhams London, 12 May 2022, lot 64.