清 阮元題 大理石插屏|Table screen, converted to a wall panel
19th century
Medium
Marble mounted in wood frame
Dimensions
11 3/8 x 15 3/4 in. (28.9 x 40 cm)
Classification
Furniture
Culture & Period
China · Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Judith G. and F Randall Smith Gift, 1995
Accession Number
1995.421
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
About the Artist
Ruan Yuan · 1764–1849
Ruan Yuan (1764–1849), courtesy name Boyuan and art name Yuntai, was born on February 21, 1764, in Yizheng, Jiangsu province, into a distinguished Yangzhou family; his grandfather had served as Major General of Hunan. He received early instruction in Chinese characters from his mother at age five and in the Confucian classics from his father, later studying in Beijing around 1786 under disciples o...