Twelve-panel screen depicting “Spring Morning in the Han Palace” with inscription; encomium on the reverse
National Museum of Asian Art

Twelve-panel screen depicting “Spring Morning in the Han Palace” with inscription; encomium on the reverse

Sheng Nian 盛年 (active 17th century) painted the template followed by lacquer specialists · Mid-summer (May-June), 1672 (renzi [year] zhongxia [mid-summer]

Black lacquer on prepared wooden core; carved recesses filled with polychrome pigments and gold (kuancai)
National Museum of Asian Art
CC0 — Public Domain
National Museum of Asian Art

Coromandel screen in twelve sections. Depicits 166 figures and has an inscription with 3 seals. The back covered with inscription.Two seals. Decoration: inlaid in colored lacquers and gold.

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