Vintage Chinese Ancestral Decorative Folding Table Screen

Early 20th century wood and lacquer chinese ancestral folding table screen with inscriptions. A wood, cast iron lacquered chinese ancestral folding table screen featuring inscriptions sits on sturdy feet. A wooden carved handle on the top to make the item easily transportable. Inscribed both inside and out, with characterful distressing, the screen is 100cm high. It bears the inscription, ‘ liu family’ and names six taoist officials and an emperors poem. Chinese table screens have a long history. They were often used as a departure from day-to-day work, considered very useful in the days of working from home or indeed in a restaurant where partitioning between table will be helpful.

Ref. : EB6TK634