Caption

Small screen on a base, Chinese, Qing 1644–1911. Small screen with an oval cross-section made of pale green jadeite. Engraved decoration: composition with pine, grass, lingzhi mushrooms on rocks; at the top a crescent with the inscription yue. Wooden base, elongated, tapering on the shorter side; on four short legs one broken off. Bulging side, inlaid with silver wire. 18th–19th century, China. Sculpture, screen. Dimensions: screen height 14.3 cm, width 9.1 cm; base height 8.7 cm, width 4.7 cm., A pale green carved stone object with smooth rounded forms and subtle veins of white and cream, standing upright on a gray surface against a dark gray to black gradient background; the object shows soft translucent areas and slight variations of light green, off-white, and a few warm beige streaks, with curved carved lines and gentle ridges casting soft shadows and a faint shadow extending to the left on the surface.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A27_411

License type

Rights managed

Available size

77.2Mb (337.9Kb) / 15.0in x 20.0in / 4500 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Small screen base Chinese Qing 1644–1911 oval cross-section pale green jadeite Engraved decoration composition pine grass lingzhi mushrooms rocks top crescent inscription yue Wooden base elongated tapering shorter side four short legs broken off Bulging side inlaid silver wire 18th–19th century China Sculpture screen Dimensions height 14.3 cm width 9.1 cm 8.7 cm width 4.7 cm pale green carved stone object smooth rounded forms subtle veins white cream standing upright gray surface dark gray black gradient background object soft translucent areas slight variations light green off-white warm beige streaks curved lines gentle ridges casting soft shadows faint shadow extending left surface.