Miniature Table Screen
1736-1795
Maker Unknown
Asian Art
A miniature table screen was one of the most important objects in a scholar’s studio, either placed on the painting table for decorative purposes or, if larger, in front of a window to shield the desk from breezes. On the reverse (see below) in the top corner of the landscape is a roundel with the hare in the moon, pounding the elixir of immortality, a reference popular in earlier Han-dynasty iconography.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Screen
- Formatted Medium
- Cloisonne enamel on copper alloy, inset carved jade panel and wooden stand
- Locations
- Place made: China
- Dynasty
- Qing Dynasty
- Dimensions
- 7 1/8 x 6 x 2 1/2 in. (18.1 x 15.2 x 6.4 cm)
- Departments
- Asian Art
- Accession Number
- 35.1078a-b
- Credit Line
- Gift of Samuel P. Avery
- Exhibitions
- Arts of China
- Rights Statement
- Creative Commons-BY
- Museum Location
- Asian Galleries, West, 2nd floor (China)
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