Coromandel Screen, Kangxi period, 1690

Not on View

Medium

carved and painted lacquer on wood

Dimensions

overall (each of 12 panels): 266.7 x 49.9 cm (105 x 19 5/8 in.)

Credit Line

Ailsa Mellon Bruce Collection

Accession Number

1970.20.4

Artists / Makers

Chinese Qing Dynasty (artist)

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Inscription

(see systematic catalogue entry [Little et al. 1998, 282-283] for full discussion and summary translation of the inscription on the back of the screen)

Provenance

Ailsa Mellon Bruce [1901-1969], New York; her estate; gift 1970 to NGA.

Associated Names

Bruce Estate, Ailsa Mellon, Trustees of the
Bruce, Ailsa Mellon, Mrs.

Technical Summary

The screen is in good condition overall. The lacquer surface has a widespread crackle pattern, and there are occasional cracked areas and old repairs.

Bibliography

1998: Bower, Virginia, Josephine Hadley Knapp, Stephen Little, and Robert Wilson Torchia. 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: 277-283, color repro.