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Screen with Hunting Scene and Dragon Border

Chinese Artist

Coromandel screen with twelve folding panels. There is a border of vases, flowers, and animals; a land and seascape on one side of the screen and a landscape with warriors on the other.

Purchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust

Kangxi period (1662-1722)
Twelve-panel folding screen; painted and carved lacquer on clay over wood
94.2 x 208.1in
32-43
Image and text: The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 2023

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Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
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