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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 standing before a pavilion, pointing upward towards a waterfall and flying crane. 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
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
Description:
The jade screen's slightly curved front depicts a scholar standing before a pavilion, pointing upward towards a waterfall and flying crane.
The flat back contains a scene of trees and mountains in low relief.
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