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
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 ...