Chinese. The center section of each panel inlaid in jade, agate, soapstone, quartz, aventurine, mother-of-pearl, cinnabar lacquer to depict eight story scenes including scholar toasting to the moon, scholar appreciating the chrysanthemum, scholar studying the inkstones, two immortals playing chess, etc, with inscription dating to seventeenth year of Daoguang reign (1837), each with lower panel depicting various birds and flowers, in between a hardwood panel with carved archaistic pattern; the reverse painted with calligraphy inscriptions in clerical script. Qing Dynasty Daoguang period.

Height: 75 1/2 in (191.8 cm) Length: 152 in (386.1 cm)