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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 border 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 | |