DATED BY INSCRIPTION TO THE FIFTY-FIRST YEAR OF THE KANGXI PERIOD, CORRESPONDING TO 1712

One side of the screen is elaborately decorated with a continuous scene of the Daoist immortals, including Xiwangmu (Queen Mother of the West) and her attendants, Laozi riding on a buffalo, Han Xiangzi standing on an elephant, Zhang Guolao riding a donkey and other immortals and their attendants, all within a mountainous and cloudy landscape, below a border of precious objects at the top edge and framed by the side borders with four-clawed dragons. The reverse is carved with a lengthy dedicatory inscription celebrating the seventieth birthday of Mrs. Liu Lin, followed by a date, the fifty-first year of Kangxi period, and the author’s seal, Fan Guangzhong.
112 in. (284 cm.) high; 22 in. (55.8 cm.) wide, each panel

With Perrin Antiquaires, Paris, circa 2007.

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