| Abstract: |
This folding screen consists of 3 flaps decorated painstakingly and carefully with the technique of embossing, engraving in holes with S designs, wan letters ( ), figures of dragons, fabulous unicorns, bats, birds . . . accompanied with clouds or plants. The middle flap of the screen was engraved in holes with female figure, a hat on, sitting on the throne, wearing a dress embroidered Shou letter and servants around. According to regulations of the royalty of Nguyen dynasty, the woman on the screen must be a Queen Mother. And in the Nguyen dynasty, only Tu Du Queen Mother was famous. That's why, the author suggests that this screen was made as Tu Duc's order to offer his mother.
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