Screen with deities
Designed as a table screen sitting on a wood stand, this jade disk is engraved with images of the Daoist God of Sun, on the front, and Goddess of Moon, on the back.
Artwork Details
- 清 玉雕日月神圖插屏
- Title: Screen with deities
- Period: Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
- Date: 18th–19th century
- Culture: China
- Medium: Jade (nephrite)
- Dimensions: Diam. 4 3/16 in. (10.6 cm)
- Classification: Jade
- Credit Line: Alfred W. Hoyt Collection, Bequest of Rosina H. Hoppin, 1965
- Object Number: 65.86.87a, b
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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