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Folding screen with birthday celebration for General Guo Ziyi

19th century
Not on view
The primary decoration of this screen records a birthday celebration for Guo Ziyi (697–781), one of the most famous generals in Chinese history. Engaging scenes of children at play, symbolic of longevity and good wishes, fill the densely carved roundels below.

The inscription on the top left bears the name of Lu Kuisheng, an allusion made by the screen’s unknown artist to this nineteenth-century lacquer master.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • 清晚期 盧葵生款 剔紅郭子儀賀壽圖屏風
  • Title: Folding screen with birthday celebration for General Guo Ziyi
  • Period: Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
  • Date: 19th century
  • Culture: China
  • Medium: Carved red and black lacquer
  • Dimensions: Open flat: 84 1/8 in. × 12 ft. 4 in. (213.7 × 375.9 cm)
    Open curved: 84 1/8 in. × 11 ft. 3 13/16 in. × 35 7/16 in. (213.7 × 345 × 90 cm)
  • Classification: Lacquer
  • Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Henry-George J. McNeary, 1971
  • Object Number: 1971.74a–h
  • Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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