Details
One side of the screen is elaborately decorated with a continuous scene of the Daoist immortals, including Xiwangmu (Queen Mother of the West) and her attendants, Laozi riding on a buffalo, Han Xiangzi standing on an elephant, Zhang Guolao riding a donkey and other immortals and their attendants, all within a mountainous and cloudy landscape, below a border of precious objects at the top edge and framed by the side borders with four-clawed dragons. The reverse is carved with a lengthy dedicatory inscription celebrating the seventieth birthday of Mrs. Liu Lin, followed by a date, the fifty-first year of Kangxi period, and the author’s seal, Fan Guangzhong.
112 in. (284 cm.) high; 22 in. (55.8 cm.) wide, each panel
Provenance
With Perrin Antiquaires, Paris, circa 2007.
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Lot Essay

The elaborate scene of the present Coromandel screen appears to be very rare, and can be compared to an example in the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C., illustrated in Decorative Arts, Part II: Far Eastern Ceramics and Paintings; Persian and Indian Rugs and Carpets. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1998, pp. 277-283. The lengthy inscription on the reverse side of the screen compliments Mrs. Liu and her family members’ virtues and lifelong accomplishments, and was written by Fan Guangzhong, a scholar and officer of the Department of Education of Fujian province during the Kangxi period.

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