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Feb 20, 2020
Screen with European Figures (obverse)
Screen with European Figures (obverse)
1736–95
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Painted enamel, glass painting, and cast-iron stand
Without base: 65.8 x 32.4 cm (25 7/8 x 12 3/4 in.)
Severance and Greta Millikin Collection 1964.243.1.a
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The image is probably derived from European prints, which were popular in the Qing court.
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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.
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