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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

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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.
Department of Asian Art Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Gift of Ernest B. and Helen Pratt Dane
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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
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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.

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