Chinese Black Lacquered Folding Table Screen. Each panel displays different kanji at the top with a stylized plant below and in a smaller separated space on the bottom of each panel. 

Size: 18 x 24 x 1 in. 

Folding screens were originally made from wooden panels and painted on lacquered surfaces, with paper or silk eventually becoming popular too. They became rapidly popular during the Tang Dynasty (618-907), as they became ideal ornaments for many painters to display their paintings and calligraphy on. Many artists painted on paper or silk and applied it onto the folding screen, allowing multiples to be made. Landscape paintings on folding screens reached its height during the Song Dynasty (960-1279), and the lacquer techniques for the Coromandel screens, known as kuancai (“incised colors”), emerged during the late Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) and was applied to folding screens to create dark screens incised, painted, and inlaid with art of mother-of-pearl, ivory, or other materials. They can now be found in many interior designs throughout the world, either part of a complete room set or as the focal point that draws a room together.

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