Jade Circular Table Screen with Decoration of Figures in a Landscape on the Front and Trees and Mountains on the Back, Mounted on a Cloisonné Stand
Chinese
The jade screen's slightly curved front depicts a scholar standing before a pavilion, pointing upward towards a waterfall and flying crane. The flat back contains a scene of trees and mountains in low relief.
Dark green nephrite (so-called spinach-green jade); the stand made of cloisonné enamels on brass
Qing dynasty, 1644-1911