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Table screen: O.20-1938

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Current Location: In storage

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Maker: Unknown

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Description

Three-panel spinach green jade screen, each panel consisting of three different sized plaques, mounted in a hard wood stand. The top and bottom panels of each screen carved in relief with various flowers, including day lilies, peonies, hibiscus and lotus flowers. The central panel of each screen depicts children involved in different activities, on the left one a child plays a sheng? musical instrument, the middle one with three children sitting on the ground with a small bird in one child’s sleeve, the right one with a child playing a drum. The top of the frame decorated with five-clawed gilt-metal dragons and the base carved with lotus-petals and three taotie monster faces. The form of this screen is based on elaborate throne screen and table screens of the Qianlong period

Notes

History note: Unknown before testator

Legal notes

C.E. Byas Bequest

Measurements and weight

Height: 49 cm
Width: 50 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1938) by Byas, Cecil E.

Dating

18th Century, Late
19th Century, Early
1750 - 1850

Materials used in production

Nephrite

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: O.20-1938
Primary reference Number: 138311

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 4 August 2025

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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