Screen with European Figures (obverse) and Landscape (reverse) with Stand (1736–95): Art, History and Details
Screen with European Figures (obverse) and Landscape (reverse) with Stand at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1736–95, painted enamel, glass painting, and cast-iron stand. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
Screen with European Figures (obverse) and Landscape (reverse) with Stand (1736–95) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.
The work and its context
The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:
On the obverse side of this two-sided table screen is an enamel-painted copper plaque with European figures. The image is probably derived from prints. European enamelware was introduced to China through missionary-artists at the Beijing court and foreign trade in Guangzhou. On the reverse side is a glass painting of architectural landscape in the Chinese style. At the Qing court, imperial commands made possible artistic collaboration and the incorporation of different artistic expressions in a single artwork.
Object facts
- Title: Screen with European Figures (obverse) and Landscape (reverse) with Stand
- Date: 1736–95
- Culture: China, Beijing palace workshops, Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), Qianlong reign (1736-1795)
- Type: Furniture and woodwork
- Technique: painted enamel, glass painting, and cast-iron stand
- Dimensions: Painting only: 35.7 x 32.4 cm (14 1/16 x 12 3/4 in.); height with stand: 65.8 cm (25 7/8 in.); screen only: 44.3 x 47.6 x 1.5 cm (17 7/16 x 18 3/4 x 9/16 in.)
- Collection: China - Qing Dynasty
- Department: Chinese Art
- Accession number: 1964.243
A detail from the museum
The screen is balanced on a heavy cast-iron base.
Collection credit
Severance and Greta Millikin Collection
Further reading listed by the museum
- Catalogue of the Severance and Greta Millikin Collection. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1990.
- Cleveland Museum of Art. The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014.
View the collection record
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