Description

Antique Chinese 8 panel coromandel screen with a carved lacquer palace scene of noble figures on one side, pine trees and animals on the other. An inscription states that the screen was carved in the eleventh month of the thirty-second year of Kangxi. There is a poem that talks about the proud and powerful pine tree reaching for the sky and an approaching storm. The inscription also mentions a congratulations to Guo Zanzhang, a candidate for the the title of Dengshilang. Artist mentioned: Homgdu Ziyang and Liu Tingwen.
The panels were reframed and hinged in the 20th century.

Age: 1693

Dimensions: 102 1/2″ high x approx. 154″ long x 1″ deep