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Stand for Screen with European Figures (obverse) and Landscape (reverse)
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About this work
This is a cast-iron stand for a two-sided table screen. One side of the screen is an enamel-painted copper plaque with European figures. The reverse side is a glass painting of architectural landscape in the Chinese style.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineStand for Screen with European Figures (obverse) and Landscape (reverse), 1736–95. China, Beijing palace workshops, Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), Qianlong reign (1736-1795). Cast iron; without base: 65.8 x 32.4 cm (25 7/8 x 12 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Collection, 1964.243.2
