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A green jade disk mounted on a colorful metal stand.

A carved green jade disk depicts two figures at a pavilion surrounded by trees. The disk sits on an ornate blue, green, red, yellow, and gold metal stand.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1942.185.125
Title
Jade Circular Table Screen with Decoration of Figures in a Landscape on the Front and Trees and Mountains on the Back, Mounted on a Cloisonné Stand
Classification
Furnishings
Work Type
screen
Date
19th century
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period
Qing dynasty, 1644-1911
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/353654

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Dark green nephrite (so-called spinach-green jade); the stand made of cloisonné enamels on brass
Dimensions
H. 30.8 x W. 20.6 x D. 5.5 cm (12 1/8 x 8 1/8 x 2 3/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Ernest B. and Helen Pratt Dane
Accession Year
1942
Object Number
1942.185.125
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
The jade screen's slightly curved front depicts a scholar standing before a pavilion, pointing upward towards a waterfall and flying crane. The flat back contains a scene of trees and mountains in low relief.

Publication History

  • Illustrated Catalogue of an Extraordinary Collection of Imperial Jades and Other Beautiful Objects ... : mostly from the private collection of the late Captain J.F. Peel ... to be sold at unrestricted public sale by order of Messrs. Yamanaka & Co. .., auct. cat., American Art Association (New York, NY, 1912), no. 225 (illustrated left)

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