Cyclically dated to Dingmao year, corresponding to AD1687 and of the periodExquisitely decorated on one side with a detailed palace scene showing a delegation approaching from the right-hand side, a flag with the character shuai flies above next to the gate, in the centre of the enclosed palace is a dignitary, entertained by dancers, the rear of the palace with courtly ladies and ponds, the border decorated with chi-dragons, the reverse with a long dedicatory inscription by the scholar Gong Zhang in fine xingshu calligraphy in gold, further to the left are the names of the donors. 208.1cm (81 7/8in) high x 502cm (197 1/2in) wide. (10).