Una Casa Una Vida: Collection Yolanda Eleta de Fierro - Part I
Una Casa Una Vida: Collection Yolanda Eleta de Fierro - Part I
Auction Closed
May 21, 04:52 PM GMT
Estimate
15,000 - 25,000 EUR
Lot Details
Description
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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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.