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A rare pair of Chinese…
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Melbourne
Date:
1-Dec-2024
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A rare pair of Chinese coromandel screens. Kangxi period, 17/18th century. A rare and Important pair of Kang Hsi incised coromandel lacquer screens of unusually fresh colouring and fine original detail. The front with scenes from domestic life with a Mandarin seated in a pavilion in gardens with various groups of figures engaged in different pursuits. Within a border with flowers and symbols of the hundred Antiques, the inner border with dragons and scrolls, the reverse with a long dedicatory inscription in gilt characters within a border of fruit and flowers. Provenance: Collection of Lady Kleinwort, Sezincote, Glos. Collection of the Baroness Treuch von Buttlar Brandenfels. Charles R, Gracie & Sons Inc. Nyc. Dimensions: 8ft 3in high 17ft 6 in long
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Oriental: Furniture