Screen with European Figures (obverse)
Unknown Artist
1736–95
Medium
painted enamel, glass painting, and cast-iron stand
Dimensions
65.8 × 32.4 cm
Classification
Enamel
Department
Chinese Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Severance and Greta Millikin Collection
Accession Number
1964.243.1.a
About this artwork
This two-sided table screen is an enamel-painted copper plaque with European figures. European enamelware was introduced to China through missionary-artists at the Beijing court and foreign trade in Guangzhou.