A table screen with well carved grey stone panels in wooden mounting

Description:

China, the stone panels 19th cent.
55 x 58,7 x 25,7 cm
Olive grey stone in a simple, reddish-brown wooden frame, on block feet at a right angle to the frame. On the large rectangular panel in the centre, on one side in bold relief a general on horseback and figures in a rocky landscape with pine trees, on the other side in flat relief figures in a landscape and Lu Dongbin, floating on clouds. On both sides small, openwork carved panels with flowers, pines, birds and plants, on the frame panels with figures and boys between trees.
Klaus Nierhoff Collection (1926 - 2011), acquired at Lempertz Köln, 2 December 1987, lot 119 (bid form with old description preserved) - Traces of age, slightly chipped