Harvard Art Museums > 1942.185.124: 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 Furnishings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"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 , 1942.185.124,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Oct 29, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/353653. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download A carved jade disk depicts two figures looking over the railing of a riverside pavilion at rolling waves. The disk sits on an ornate blue, green, red, yellow, and gold metal stand. Identification and Creation Object Number 1942.185.124 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/353653 Physical Descriptions Medium Dark green nephrite (so-called spinach-green jade); the stand made of cloisonné enamels on brass Dimensions H. 30.7 x W. 20.5 x D. 5.5 cm (12 1/16 x 8 1/16 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 1942.185.124 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description The jade screen's slightly curved front depicts a scholar looking over the railing of a riverside pavilion at rolling waves; 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 right) 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 Related Works 1942.185.124.A Jade Circular Table Screen with Decoration of Figures in a Landscape on the Front and Trees and Mountains on the Back Furnishings 1942.185.124.B Cloisonné Stand for Jade Circular Table Screen (1942.185.124.A) Furnishings 1942.185.125 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 Furnishings Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
