A CHINESE TWELVE-PANEL GILT COROMANDEL LACQUER SCREEN, DATED TO THE BINGYIN YEAR OF KANGXI, CORRESPONDING TO 1686 AND OF THE PERIOD

A CHINESE TWELVE-PANEL GILT COROMANDEL LACQUER SCREEN
DATED TO THE BINGYIN YEAR OF KANGXI, CORRESPONDING TO 1686 AND OF THE PERIOD
Finely carved and vibrantly decorated on one side with a continous scene of figures gathering, dancing and engaged in leisurely pursuits on terraced pavillions, all on a gilt ground; the wide outer border decorated with shaped catouches containing 'antiques', landscape scenes, and elegantly dressed figures; the reverse carved with a lengthy gilt-filled dedicatory inscription including a cyclical date Binyin, surrounded by decorative borders of shaped medallions painted with landscape scenes, mythical beasts and various 'antiques'
115 ¼ in. (292.7 cm.) high, 20 in. (50.8 cm.) wide, each panel

Provenance

Château de Mareuil-sur-Ay, France.