An 18th century Chinese brown and polychrome painted Coromandel lacquer twelve fold screen
Qianlong period (1736-1795)
One side depicting a continuous scene of pavilions and gardens populated by dignitaries and attendants with laden horses entering the scene on one side, the perimeter decorated with precious utensils and dragons above panels filled with flowers, rockwork and birds all outlined with narrow borders of key pattern and flowers, the reverse with calligraphy surrounded by panels of mountainous scenery above wild animals in naturalistic settings all within conforming floral and key pattern borders, with restorations to the lacquer, each leaf 44cm wide, 292cm high (17" wide, 114.5" high)
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