Maker: Unknown
Table screen panel made from ivory, inlaid with black lacquer. Rectangular with a curved front, decorated with a dragon and lingzhi fungus.
The reverse bears a couplet taken from a poem by Tsu-an, which literally translates as: "Plain beauty brightens the Winter (cold) snow. Pure fragance leaves alone the evening breeze".
Bequeathed by Oscar Raphael
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1946) by Raphael, Oscar C.
Inlay composed of lacquer
Accession number: O.122-1946
Primary reference Number: 201946
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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