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Table screen with landscape

second half 15th century
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 220
This table screen is among a very rare group of cloisonné enamel paintings of landscapes produced by the imperial Ming workshop. The blues and greens of the landscape evoke a golden age of Chinese painting. The meticulous and elegant treatment of copper wires to represent traditional brushwork demonstrates the successful application of Chinese taste and design to cloisonné, a technique imported from the West one century earlier.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • 明中期 掐絲琺瑯山水人物圖插屏
  • Title: Table screen with landscape
  • Period: Ming dynasty (1368–1644)
  • Date: second half 15th century
  • Culture: China
  • Medium: Cloisonné enamel, wood frame and stand
  • Dimensions: H. 19 3/8 in. (49.2 cm); W. 19 1/8 in. (48.6 cm)
  • Classification: Cloisonné
  • Credit Line: Florence and Herbert Irving Acquisitions Fund for Asian Art, 2022
  • Object Number: 2022.10a, b
  • Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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