Folding Screen (Biombo)

Sino-Portuguese, Probably Macau

screenfurniture

Date

17th century

Medium

Wood, canvas, paper, polychrome colors, and gilding

Dimensions

Each panel: 193.7 × 59.7 × 1.3 cm (76 1/4 × 23 1/2 × 1/2 in.)

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Location

Chicago, IL

Credit

Gift of Mrs. John Alden Carpenter in memory of her mother, Mrs. James Breckenridge Waller.

Also notable

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China

Portrait of the Seventh Dalai Lama

Tibet