A small rectangular table screen

20th century

A small rectangular table screen (Chinese, 20th century) composed of jade in a wooden base. The rectangular jade screen is inlaid with mother-of-pearl, bowenite, coral, and painted in gold with a scene of a young couple floating in a boat collecting lotus blossoms next to a pavilion. The reverse is painted with a gilt apocryphal seal-form script (zhuanshu) date mark. The carved wooden base is painted on the front in gold with trailing floral motifs.

Chinese

jade

mother-of-pearl

bowenite

coral

wood

9.25" x 5.5" x 3.75"

Gift of the Estate of Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. Berwind, II, 1994.

PSNC.4319a-b