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Oval Cup Stand with Animal Masks

1736–1795

China, Qing dynasty, Qianlong mark and period

(1736-1795)

White jade with black markings and incised decoration

Overall: 10.5 cm (4 1/8 in.)

Bequest of Mrs. Severance A. Millikin 1989.327

Location

240B Chinese Decorative Arts

Description

This tablet is engraved with minuscule characters; the inscribed text is an essay by the Qianlong emperor. The supreme jade quality and similar carving style (for example, the sharp inverted edges) suggest that this jade scepter could have been made during the 1700s with the artistic intent to "model after the past."

Provenance
(John Sparks, London); Severance and Greta Millikin, Cleveland, 1971
Exhibition history

1990 Cleveland Museum of Art, The Severance and Greta Millikin Collection, July 5 - September 2, 1990: no. 202

The Severance and Greta Millikin Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 5-September 2, 1990).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1989.327