A Large Polychrome Lacquered Six-Panel Floor Screen

Possibly Kangxi Period, 17th Century

或为清康熙款彩瑞獅圖六扇屏
款識：位列三台尊九五，威名一震撼河東。花嚴伴供如來座，率舞堯天四海索。康熙三十二年（1693）春三月，翰林院學士胡漢成。
鈐印：漢成
the delicate screen is crisply carved through the beige ground on one side to depict a family of lions under pines, surrounded by rocks, the reverse is painted with gilt flowers and fruits against a dark-brown ground.

Each panel: height 94 x width 23 1/2 in., 238.8 x 59.7 cm.

In good condition, with losses of lacquer and small chips to the edges on several panels, please refer to additional photos in https://asian.smugmug.com/Sale-1124/Lot176/

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A Large Polychrome Lacquered Six-Panel Floor Screen

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