wall hanging; panel (art)

Wall hanging with a maroon painted wooden frame and decorative procelain tiles inset. Three tiles have underglaze blue decoration of lotus blossom and foliate scrolls. Alternated between these blue and white tiles are two tiles painted with overglaze polychrome decoration. The upper tile depicts the assembly of six officials in a sitting room. Two seated elderly are attended by a male attendant. Two military and two civil officials are standing in front, one of them is holding a baby. The lower tile depicts Zhong Liquan, one of the Eight Daoist Immortals, riding on lion back galloping above seawaves. He is grasping his emblem, a fan.

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