A Chinese hardwood sixfolded screen, at the top and bottom carved with pierced prunus in blossom, the fields decorated with ladies in a garden and architecture. Painted on silk. Qing, 19th century. Image 78×22 cm. Each panel 150.5×33.5 cm. Provenance: Engineer John Holmberg born in 1877 at Vennerslund Manor, Falster. Director of Tientsin waterworks 1903–30, designed and established the waterworks in Beijing 1908–10. Royal Danish Consul in Tientsin 1920–26. Consul attached to the Danish legation in Beijing 1931–36. Member of the Chinese government commission for the prevention and mitigation of floods in 1917.