lavishly painted in three tones of gilt with red highlights on a black lacquer ground, an idyllic representation of West Lake in Hangzhou with courtly ladies and gentlemen gathered in pavilions amidst brdiges and boats, all set within a wide band reserved with narrative vignettes on a foliate ground, enframed by a narrow border of writhing dragons amidst clouds, the reverse with a lively historic battle scene perhaps from the 'Romance of the Three Kingdoms' with foot soldiers and cavalry in combat while elaborately armored generals look on from above

第一代Furness子爵夫人Thelma Morgan舊藏
C. G. Sloan 和 Co., Washington D.C.舊藏，1936年
Higgins伉儷舊藏，自此家族收藏

The screen with several areas where the lacquer is lifting or has been lost. The top inner corner of one of the panels is missing. There has been consolidation throughout and splits in some of the panels.
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