17th Century Chinese Coromandel Panels Decorative A painted spelter leaping greyhound

A painted spelter leaping greyhound desk model

5 W:127 D:5 CM

Bun feet probably a later addition

satinwood and various specimens of ebony with a roundel to the centre surrounded by chevron banding and a frieze drawer on scrolled foliate base

17th Century Chinese Coromandel Panels Decorative A painted spelter leaping greyhoundA pair of framed Kangxi period coromandel lacquer doors. China, circa 1689 90. Height 3ft 2in (96. 5cm). Width 3ft (91. 5cm). Depth: 2cm The final three image show the reverse side of the panels. These panels were part of a folding room screen depicting "A Bed full of Tablets" a Kangxi period dramatization of the Guo Ziyi legend. General Guo served four emperors during the Tang dynasty and was instrumental in quelling the An Shi rebellion. On his 60th