PINTO | Exceptional Twelve-Panel Coromandel Screen | China, Qing Dynasty

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China, Qing Dynasty

Exceptional Twelve-Panel Coromandel Screen
18th century
Black lacquered wood, painted in polychrome and gilt with palace and ceremonial scenes. The lower panels are carved in pierced polychrome high relief with scenes of scholars, while the reverse bears extensive calligraphic inscriptions in red characters, alternating with carved panels and medallions with auspicious characters
Each panel measures 262 cm x 43 cm
262 x 516 cm

Provenance:
> Private collection, Paris

China, Qing Dynasty

Exceptional Twelve-Panel Coromandel Screen
18th century
Black lacquered wood, painted in polychrome and gilt with palace and ceremonial scenes. The lower panels are carved in pierced polychrome high relief with scenes of scholars, while the reverse bears extensive calligraphic inscriptions in red characters, alternating with carved panels and medallions with auspicious characters
Each panel measures 262 cm x 43 cm
262 x 516 cm

Provenance:
> Private collection, Paris

About the designer

Pinto Collections is world-renowned for their one-of-a-kind and limited edition collections of elegant furniture, tableware and accessories. Each unique piece is meticulously designed and hand crafted by expert artisans using rare materials, and is distinguished by graphic intricacy, and a beautiful, timeless finish.

Each collection bearing the Pinto name is the fruit of the traditional skills maintained by France’s beloved arts-and-crafts industries; from cabinetmakers, lacquerers and upholsterers to bronzers, stonemasons, parchment makers, and lapidaries. The result is immediately recognizable by all, attracting individual clients, decorators and collectors from all over the world. 

Every piece in the collections of furniture and lighting has a strong identity, cultivating the contrasts and correspondences between elements and resulting in a unique style characterized by rarity, surprise, harmony, generosity, comfort, audacity, accuracy and extreme refinement, rendering each piece distinctive.