1942.185.125.A: Jade Circular Table Screen with Decoration of Figures in a Landscape on the Front and Trees and Mountains on the Back
Furnishings
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1942.185.125.A
- Title
- Jade Circular Table Screen with Decoration of Figures in a Landscape on the Front and Trees and Mountains on the Back
- 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/205382
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Dark green nephrite (so-called spinach-green jade)
- Dimensions
- Diam. 18.0 x Thickness (max.) 1.6 cm (7 1/16 x 5/8 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.A
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
- The 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)
Exhibition History
- 32Q: 2600 East Asian, Japanese, Chinese and Korean, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 12/01/2016 - 06/09/2017
- Objects of Addiction: Opium, Empire, and the Chinese Art Trade, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 09/15/2023 - 01/14/2024
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Verification Level
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