Chinese carved and pierced hard wood architectural element, likely 19th century Shanghai, centering a pagoda sheltering deities and their attendants, with the sun above, with dragons on each side of the sun, surmounting carvings of mounted warriors, and flanked by dragon fish, with hardware behind hand on wall.

Approximate dimensions: h. 22", w. 68", d. 1.25".

Striped and refinished, numerous chips and losses, especially at the bottom center, hardware is later.