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 single pale green carved stone object stands upright on a smooth surface against a dark gray to bluish gradient background, showing a polished, slightly translucent texture with subtle creamy and white variations; the carving features rounded, overlapping petal- or leaf-like forms at the top with a faint pattern of small circular impressions, and smoother elongated leaf shapes and gentle grooves toward the lower section, casting a soft shadow to the left.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A27_412

License type

Rights managed

Available size

77.2Mb (347.3Kb) / 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 single pale green carved stone object stands upright smooth surface dark gray bluish gradient background showing polished slightly translucent texture subtle creamy white variations carving features rounded overlapping petal- leaf- forms faint pattern small circular impressions smoother leaf shapes gentle grooves lower section casting soft shadow left.