Large Oriental Screen

This impressive extra-large eight-panel oriental folding screen is hand-crafted from wood and hand-painted with Ming Dynasty court scene on an antiqued crackled black background. The composition of this oriental screen runs diagonally from the bottom right corner to an upper left, and has a definite background and foreground. Oriental screen room divider has inner, central and outer border. The inner and outer borders of the folding screen are hand-painted in gold in traditional Chinese ornamental design with scrolled leaf and flowers. The central border features tree vignettes with Chinese writing on the right and left panels, and sixteen vignettes with original landscape scenes and blossoming trees on the top and bottom of the folding screen. The main composition is hand-painted by artist with traditional Ming Dynasty scene that continues from one panel to the next. The back of this large oriental screen is hand-finished in antiqued crackled black.