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Pair of table screens with flowers, birds, and poems

17th century
Not on view
Ducks and water plants are incised into one of this pair of screens; small birds perched on plum blossoms adorn the other. Both images are inspired by poems engraved on the backs of the screens. One, by Zhu Xi (1130–1200), describes the tranquil sound of the swimming ducks. The other, by an unidentified poet, refers to the opening of the petals of a tea plum.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • 晚明清初　象牙刻花鳥詩文插屏
  • Title: Pair of table screens with flowers, birds, and poems
  • Period: Ming (1368–1644)–Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
  • Date: 17th century
  • Culture: China
  • Medium: Ivory
  • Dimensions: H. 10 3/8 in. (26.4 cm); W. 4 3/4 in. (12.1 cm)
  • Classification: Ivories
  • Credit Line: John Stewart Kennedy Fund, 1913
  • Object Number: 13.220.62a–d
  • Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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