Chinese famille rose porcelain five-panelled screen, Republic period (1912 - 1949), painted in the central panel with three scholars at leisure in a garden with attendants, the side panels with portraits of famous scholars, each panel inscribed and with seal marks. the central panel inscription celebrates the promotion of an official to a higher office, however part of the inscription (probably including the name of the actual official) has been scratched off. Height 104.5 cm