SOLD Antique Black Oriental 8-panel Illustrated Screen Room Divider

This is an eight-panel Oriental illustrated room divider/multi-fold dressing screen. I'm not sure about the date, but it came out of a doctor's home, and his wife told me that they purchased it 40 to 50 years ago from a very famous antique auction/shop in the Portland, Maine area, and were informed that it was once owned by a ship's captain. I don't believe it's much older than the 1940s, but take a look at the pictures and you decide. My brother just auctioned a really old screen for more than $600,000. This example is not as old but still worth some money, though, because they paid quite a bit for it all those years ago. Each panel is about 17.5 inches wide, and 94.5 inches tall, with scalloped cutouts in the base. There are separate scenes on every single panel. Each panel has black lacquer, and it's as though they applied the sheet on one side, then laminated it, carved into the black lacquer panel, then hand painted all the scenes. There is some roughness on the top and the bottom where it has been handled badly over the years, and there is some cracking in a couple panels. One panel has a lot of stretch marks on it where the panel seems to have shrunk on the backboard over the years. There are panels on both sides, black lacquered, all carved with ships, houses, birds, floral designs, and people. It's quite a piece to see in person. Other than the damage already mentioned which is very minor, it is in really nice condition. Due to its size, it would definitely be crated for shipping. The overall size of the panels is 17 inches by eight sections, which would make it over 11 feet long and 94.5 inches tall.