CHINESE

Screen
(late 19th century-early 20th century)

Medium

four-panel folding screen: lacquer on wood, hessian, pigments, metal

Credit Line: National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of H. W. Kent, 1938

Gallery location: 18th & 19th Century Decorative Arts & Paintings Gallery
Level 2, NGV International

About this work

During the Qing dynasty, lacquered screens became popular items for export to Europe. Merchant ships travelling back to Europe stopped at ports along the Coromandel Coast in south-eastern India, and hence these screens are often mistakenly referred to as ‘coromandel screens’. This screen is decorated with four panels of garden settings featuring scholars’ rocks, birds and flowers associated with the changing seasons, scholars’ accoutrements, and auspicious symbols referring to wealth and prosperity. Each garden setting depicts different flowers according to the seasons and includes lotus flowers, plum blossom, camelias and peonies.

Artwork Details

Medium

four-panel folding screen: lacquer on wood, hessian, pigments, metal

Measurements

144.3 × 108.0 × 20.0 cm (variable) (installed)

Place/s of Execution

China

Accession Number

3778-D3

Department

Asian Art

Credit Line

National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of H. W. Kent, 1938
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Gordon Darling Foundation

Gallery location

18th & 19th Century Decorative Arts & Paintings Gallery
Level 2, NGV International

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CHINESE

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