A SET OF FOUR STONE-INLAID TIELIMU PANELS QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY

the narrow, rectangular hardwood panels depicting 'The Eight Immortals of the Wine Cup' (Li Bai, He Zhizhang, Zhang Xu, Cui Songzhi, Jiao Sui, Li Shizi, Su Jin and Wang Jin) gathered and enjoying various amusements, as described in the poem 'Eight Immortals of the Wine Cup' by the Tang dynasty poet Du Fu, the figures all of inlaid hardstone and soapstone