A CINNABAR LACQUER SCREEN QING DYNASTY, KANGXI PERIOD

of rectangular form, carved to the front in low relief with a lakeside landscape scene, depicting a gathering of the 'Eight Immortals' carrying their respective emblems, including other Immortals and attendants carrying auspicious objects or vessels, amid bridges, garden walkways and surrounded by lush vegetation growing from gnarled rocks by the peaceful rippling water, with cloud swirls drifting above, the reverse decorated in gilt with pavilions, bridges in tranquil landscape scenery, with boats drifting on the lake and with figures engaged in leisurely pursuits, and high mountain peaks rising in the distance, enclosed within a hardwood frame with a classic scroll and archaistic scrolling designs in gilt and a carved hardwood stand