This vibrantly colored, high-quality small tabletop folding screen is truly lovely to look at. Attractive Chinese calligraphy and multi-colored paintings of springtime flowers and birds adorn one side, while the other side shows the Imperial consort, concubines and palace chambermaids, surrounded by peonies, phoenixes and exotic birds. The birds are feng shui symbols of good news and opportunities arriving, and the peonies and phoenixes represent feminine beauty. This high-crafted screen is coated in lacquer and would make an excellent gift. Folding screens came into use over 2000 years ago, in the Han Dynasty, and have been associated with romantic intrigue ever since.

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