Six-panel lacquered Coromandel screen. China, 19th Century

Six-panel lacquered Coromandel screen, decoration of Court scene with figures involved in different activities: dancers, musicians, scribes, playing children. Border enhanced with instruments, flowers, fruits and animals. Back ornated with two large phoenixes amongst perched birds in a decoration of fishermen, peonies, bamboos and pierced boulders.

China, Late 19th Century

Height: 185 cm (6 ft.) - Width: 405, cm (13-1/4 ft.) (each panel)

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