HONG KONG.- Historically important objects relating to Guangdong province in Southern China will go on sale at Bonhams’ 2011 Autumn Auction of Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art on November 28, 2011 at the Island Shangri-la Hotel. Located in Guangdong province, the economic powerhouse in Southern China, Hong Kong is the ideal place for these important artefacts to be auctioned. First up is the magnificent lacquered eight-leaf screen showing the earliest depiction of Guangzhou (formerly known as Canton), the provincial capital of Guangdong province. The screen was commissioned circa 1690 by the governor of Guangdong province, Lord Ren of the Dong clan from Liaoning province in northeast China. This appears to be the earliest known screen accurately depicting the major Southern Chinese walled city of Guangzhou, which in a few years would be officially appointed as the principal trading centre in the whole of mainland China.