A CHINESE COROMANDEL POLYCHROME AND GILT-LACQUER TWELVE-LEAF SCREEN

Lot 153
18.04.2023 13:00UTC +00:00
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£ 100 800
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Lot 153 | A CHINESE COROMANDEL POLYCHROME AND GILT-LACQUER TWELVE-LEAF SCREEN
Estimate value
£ 26 000 – 40 000
Depicting a continuous scene of the 'Daoist Heaven' of immortals in processions, playing musical instruments on clouds, riding sea creatures, as well as figures preparing a white elephant, scholars reading and children at play, within a border with archaic vessels, floral sprays and mythological creatures, the reverse with gilt inscription commemorarting the seventieth birthday of Mrs Li, composed by two scholars Hao Shizheng and Xia Iishu, followed by a date, the second year of the Qianlong period, corresponding to 1737.
115 in. (292 cm.) high; 243 in. (619 cm.) wide, each panel 201/4 in. (51.5 cm.) wide
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