Game of Chess in Front of a Repeating Screen

By Wenju Zhou

Handscroll; Ink and color on silk; 119cm(width)*22cm(height)

This scene depicts Li Jing, emperor of the Southern Tang Dynasty, playing chess in front of a screen with his three younger brothers. The players are completely focused on their game, appearing quiet and lifelike. Because the image of a screen is drawn on the screen in the background, it is called a "repeating screen." Emperor Li Jing loved the art of painting and often summoned painters to feasts to depict the life of the royal family in art and poetry.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1487801645
• ISBN13: 9781487801649
• Release Date: May 2020
• Publisher: Royal Collins Publishing Company
• Length: 20 Pages