Table screen with the gathering in the Western Garden

18th century

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 219

Five groups of figures are nestled in the tree-lined garden on this screen, which would have been displayed in a scholar’s studio. The scene recalls a famous literary gathering held in the Western Garden in 1087. The figure writing on a cliff, at right, appears to be the legendary scholar-official Mi Fu (1051–1107).

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清乾隆象牙雕西園雅集座屏
Title: Table screen with the gathering in the Western Garden
Period: Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Qianlong period (1736–95)
Date: 18th century
Culture: China
Medium: Ivory
Dimensions: H. 11 1/8 in. (28.3 cm); W. 6 3/8 in. (16.2 cm); D. 1 1/16 in. (2.7 cm)
Classification: Ivories
Credit Line: Gift of Florence and Herbert Irving, 2015
Object Number: 2015.500.6.8
Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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