Una Casa Una Vida: Collection Yolanda Eleta de Fierro - Part I

Una Casa Una Vida: Collection Yolanda Eleta de Fierro - Part I

View full screen - View 1 of Lot 103. A twelve-panel 'figural' coromandel lacquer screen, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period | Grand paravent en laque de Coromandel à douze feuilles, dynastie Qing, époque Kangxi.

A twelve-panel 'figural' coromandel lacquer screen, Qing dynasty, Kangxi period | Grand paravent en laque de Coromandel à douze feuilles, dynastie Qing, époque Kangxi

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May 21, 04:52 PM GMT

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15,000 - 25,000 EUR

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A twelve-panel 'figural' coromandel lacquer screen,

Qing dynasty, Kangxi period


the front elaborately carved and painted with the festive birthday celebration of the famous Tang dynasty general Guo Ziyi, seated in the central hall, the focus of attention as guests and attendants converge bearing gifts, in a lavish garden setting of ponds and pavilions, enclosed within a border carved with 'Hundred Antiques' and animal scenes, the reverse with mountaineous landscape scenes


Height 108 in., length 18 in. (each panel)

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Grand paravent en laque de Coromandel à douze feuilles, dynastie Qing, époque Kangxi


Haut. 274 cm, larg. 45.5 cm (par feuille)

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This monumental twelve-panel lacquered screen belongs to a renowned group of screens commissioned as auspicious birthday gifts for public officials, particularly popular during the Kangxi period (1662-1722). The color and condensed composition are characteristics of the kuancai (款彩) technique, which involves carving out of a smooth surface, revealing the ground coating, and then coloring with oil or lacquer pigments.

The dignitary depicted at the center of the screen, Guo Ziyi (郭子儀) (697-781), a famous general of the Tang dynasty (618-907), who held the title Prince of Fenyang (汾陽郡王), was considered a personification of wealth, high rank and longevity.