A fine eight leaf double-sided Chinese coromandel screen, late Qing Dynasty, late 19th century. the richly carved lacquer screen depicting red crested cranes, phoenix, water fowl and others amidst auspicious peony, magnolia and bamboo in a lotus water garden, in muted colours upon a gold leaf ground, the reverse similarly decorated upon a black lacquer ground with cracked ice borders. Height 242 cm. Width 344 cm