Screen with European Figures (obverse) and Landscape (reverse) with Stand
Unknown Artist
1736–95
Medium
painted enamel, glass painting, and cast-iron stand
Dimensions
painting only: 35.7 × 32.4 cm · height with stand: h. 65.8 cm
Classification
Enamel
Department
Chinese Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Severance and Greta Millikin Collection
Accession Number
1964.243
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
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 ...