A Chinese painted marble screen, painted on each side one side depicts a Taoist myth about the meeting between the Yellow Emperor and goddess Xuan Nv, a disciple of the Queen Mother of the West, the reverse with a poem about a farewell meeting in a quiet moonlit night along the river, the visible area of the marble 29.5cm x 29cm During the Yellow Emperor's battle with Chiyou, another mythical tribal leader, Xuan Nv was sent by Heaven, leading the Troop of Thunder, to assist the Yellow Emperor, and bestowed various legendary artifacts, books and maps. With her help, Chiyou and his army could not hold out and were hence defeated by the Yellow Emperor. 大理石《玄女授节图》插屏 some wear to the painting on both sides, wood framed with some cracks and gluing to base