Name/Title
ScreenEntry/Object ID
1985.007.013Description
A 12-panel Coromandel screen, in two sections of six panels each, depicting on the right hand six panels: intricate carved and polychromed scenes of Chinese businessmen outdoors, with various buildings and scholars' rooms visible, the gates to the city on the right, with musicians in gazebo in foreground, in addition, on far right, a band of riders on horseback, approaching the entrance to the walled city; the left six panels, showing mostly ladies, in domestic situations, indoors and outdoors with children; toward the center of the twelve panels, in depicted the ruler, seated on "throne" with visitors paying homage, women playing musical instruments, all the vignettes in lush garden setting, the upper border depicting "hundred precious objects," the sides and bottom border with dragons, Foo dogs, and other wild animals, all against a scarlet lacquered ground.Collection
Planting Fields FoundationCataloged By
CannarsaAcquisition
Accession
1985.007.013Source or Donor
Coe, Robert D.Acquisition Method
GiftMade/Created
Notes
Date: early 19th CenturyLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
ScreenNomenclature Sub-Class
Other FurnitureNomenclature Class
FurnitureNomenclature Category
Category 02: FurnishingsDimensions
Height
112 inWidth
216 inDimension Notes
each panel: 112h x 18wMaterial
Wood, Wood: Carved Wood Polychrome, Mother of Pearl, Cormandel Laquer, Carved Wood PolychromeLocation
Location
Room
Dining RoomBuilding
Coe HallMoved By
John PaciniDate
August 20, 2024Move
MOV2024.3Location
Room
Dining RoomBuilding
Coe HallCategory
PermanentDate
August 16, 2023Location
Room
Dining RoomBuilding
Coe HallCategory
PermanentInventory
Inventory Project
INV2024.1Inventoried By
Amanda MassimillioInventoried Date
Jun 26, 2024Inventory Project
INV2024.1Inventoried Date
Apr 22, 2024Inventoried By
LegerInventoried Date
May 9, 2023Condition
Reason for Exam
Routine ReportOverall Condition
PoorCondition Detail
BreakDate Examined
Jan 2, 2024Examined By
Emily LegerNotes
Lucas Francy brought to my attention that the right-most panel on one half of the screen is becoming detached from the panel next to it.Valuations
Valuation Type
AppraisalEstimator
J. BadamiDate
Apr 3, 2004Notes
Min. Value: 95000Provenance
Notes
Collected By: Robert D. Coe
Robert D. Coe
Planting Fields FoundationGeneral Notes
Note
Notes: From the estate of Robert Coe, Sur les Ailes, Cannes, France.
Status: OKCreated By
admin@catalogit.appCreate Date
August 14, 2006Updated By
mpenny@plantingfields.orgUpdate Date
March 20, 2025
