A VERY RARE CHINESE COROMANDEL LACQUER TWELVE-PANEL SCREEN

Lot 604
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ID 820175
Lot 604 | A VERY RARE CHINESE COROMANDEL LACQUER TWELVE-PANEL SCREEN
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$ 100 000 – 150 000
A VERY RARE CHINESE COROMANDEL LACQUER TWELVE-PANEL SCREEN

QING DYNASTY, SHUNZHI PERIOD, DATED SHUNZHI YIHAI NIAN, CORRESPONDING TO THE YEAR 1659

The front of the screen is carved with an elaborate hunting scene centered with a man riding an elephant with female musicians positioned to his right with an inscription stating that the screen was a commission for Mr. Liu Yinji's birthday, with a later inscription on the reverse which laments the political climate of the day, likely an excerpt from Princess Liu's Tang dynasty biography.

94 1/2 in. (240 cm.) high, 17 1/2 in. (44.5 cm.) wide (each panel)





Provenance

The Collection of the Duke of Westminster.

Sotheby's, London, 28 February 1975, lot 145.

‌Sotheby's, London, private sale.

‌Acquired by Ann and Gordon Getty from the above.





Literature

Sir H. Garner, Chinese Lacquer, London, 1979, pl. 205.





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