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Stand for Screen with European Figures (obverse) and Landscape (reverse)

1736–95

China, Beijing palace workshops, Qing Dynasty

(1644-1911), Qianlong reign (1736-1795)
cast iron
without base: 65.8 x 32.4 cm (25 7/8 x 12 3/4 in.)
Severance and Greta Millikin Collection 1964.243.2
Location: 240B Chinese Decorative Arts

Description

This is a cast-iron stand for a two-sided table screen. One side of the screen is an enamel-painted copper plaque with European figures. The reverse side is a glass painting of architectural landscape in the Chinese style.
  • John L. Severance [1863–1936], Cleveland, OH, by descent to Severance and Greta Millikin
    ?–1964
    Severance A. [1895–1985] and Greta [Marguerite Steckerl] Millikin [1903–1989], Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    1964–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Catalogue of the Severance and Greta Millikin Collection. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1990. Mentioned: cat. no. 190
    Cleveland Museum of Art. The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014. Mentioned and reproduced: pp. 110–111
  • The Severance and Greta Millikin Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 5-September 2, 1990).
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