Stock No: 9605

A chinoiserie four panel screen, painted oil on canvas, with intricately painted figures amidst ornamental gardens depicting stories in sequence from Chinese folklore, against a black ground. The delightfully detailed faces, all different and full of character, amidst mountains, pagodas, bamboo and willow trees, interspersed with male and female figures: Lords and Ladies, Courtiers, Gentlefolk, Musicians, Fishermen, Hunters, Birds, Storks, a Chinese Junk, Bridges & Pagodas with a running Greek Key frieze along the base.
Circa, 1880.