Red sandalwood side seat inlaid with enamel pentagram screen

[Red sandalwood side seat inlaid with enamel screen with five luns]

In the middle of the Qing Dynasty, it was 294cm high and 395cm wide
There are five screens in total, with the middle one being the largest and decreasing in size from left to right. The red sandalwood frame is carved with a floating cloud bat chime hat on the top, with carved standing teeth on both sides, and a Xumi type red sandalwood base is placed underneath. The screen center uses the technique of chiseling embryo enamel to carve patterns of flowers and birds on landscape trees. The five fans are decorated with five bird patterns, namely, phoenix, crane, mandarin duck, wagtail, and warbler, respectively, representing the five feudal ethical relationships of monarch and minister, father and son, husband and wife, elders and children, and friends
Although the screen has five fans, when combined, it looks like a complete picture, with a distant mountain and a close view, and a mountain stream crossing the left and right sides of the picture. The design is ingenious, and its craftsmanship reflects the screen making style of Guangzhou in the mid Qing Dynasty. This screen is an important piece of enamel furniture. This throne screen is recorded in the Qing Dynasty palace archive “The Palace Entrance Record”: “On July 29th, the fortieth year of Qianlong’s reign (1775), Guangdong Governor Debao knelt down and entered a five screen inlaid with red sandalwood and enamel.”