AN INSCRIBED TWELVE-PANEL COROMANDEL LACQUERED SCREEN, QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD

AN INSCRIBED TWELVE-PANEL COROMANDEL LACQUERED SCREEN 

QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD

清康熙 髹漆加彩刻郭子儀祝壽圖十二扇屏風

the front elaborately carved and painted in polychrome with the festive birthday celebration of the famous Tang dynasty general Guo Ziyi, seated in the central hall, the focus of attention as guests and attendants converge bearing gifts, in a lavish garden setting of ponds and pavilions, enclosed within a border carved with 'Hundred Antiques', the reverse with a lengthy dedicatory inscription, names of the regional officials 

Height 112 in., 285cm; Width of each panel 19 in., 48.2 cm