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Table screen

Photo: iocolor, LLP

Table screen

1735-95

Chinese

More than likely this is one of a set of depictions of specific scenic spots on one side and a poem praising the site on the other. This particular screen features Tiankai yan, (now called Qixia Mountain), in modern day Jiangsu northeast of Nanjing.

Nephrite
7 1/4 x 3 3/4 x 3/16 in. (18.42 x 9.53 x 0.48 cm)
Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection
33.1251
Photo: iocolor, LLP
location
Not currently on view

Resources

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Washington, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Chinese Art: A Seattle Perspective, Dec. 22, 2007 - July 26, 2009.

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