Attributed to Chen Hongshou - 陳鴻壽 (1768-1822), carved wood table screen framing a dream stone, China, 19th century The dark wood screen, carved and openworked with kui dragons and archaizing motifs, frames a rectangular dreamstone whose brown and gray veins on a beige background evoke mountainous landscapes on either side. On one side, top right, a calligraphy in lishu: 畢還從雲外 / 寫湘雷不曾 / 見王原祁有 / 此真迹此石 / 適肖其意曼 / 生陳鴻壽 - "When the work was completed, beyond the clouds was traced the thunder of Xiang, never before contemplated. / Wang Yuanqi's true imprint lies here; and this stone, by its resemblance, fully responds to his intention. By Mansheng Chen Hongshou". Followed by two engraved red seals, one 陳 - Chen and one 印 - yin (meaning seal). On the left, four characters engraved in Zhuanshu: 品奉南書 which could be translated as: "Refined offering to the calligraphic tradition of the South". On the other side, top left a calligraphy in kaishu: 佳八月初吉 / 庚申我叔朕 / 自作鎖显其 / 萬年蕪畺专 / 孫永寳 which could translate: "In this beautiful eighth month, on the auspicious day of the year gēngshēn, my uncle Zhèn made it himself, sealing it for eternity, without limits. [Signed] by his grandson Yongbao". Followed by a red seal engraved at the bottom left of the text. Then to the right, a lishu calligraphy accompanied by engraved red seals, the same as on the other lishu calligraphy. The text reads: 湘江縹緲五 / 峰青常在吾 / 家石畫屏式 / 十五炫彈己 - "The Xiang River, vaporous, with five peaks, / Their greenery always dwells in my house, / Like a painted stone screen, / Myself, I resonate the brilliance of the fifteen strings". With the seal 陳 - Chen and a seal 印 - yin (meaning seal). Height : 44,5 cm Wang Yuanqi - 王原祁 (16421715) was a famous painter of the Qing dynasty. As Chinese poetry is often highly abstract, and transcriptions of cursive script can include errors, translations are given for guidance only.