Cleveland Museum of Art
Screen with European Figures (obverse)
- Date
- 1736–95
- Medium
- painted enamel, glass painting, and cast-iron stand
- Culture
- China, Beijing palace workshops, Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), Qianlong reign (1736-1795)
- Department
- Chinese Art
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
This two-sided table screen is an enamel-painted copper plaque with European figures. European enamelware was introduced to China through missionary-artists at the Beijing court and foreign trade in Guangzhou. The image is probably derived from European prints, which were popular in the Qing court.
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