Date: Qing (AD 1644-1911)
Dimensions: Length of the screen 375 cm, Width 60 cm, Overall Height 280 cm
Material: Zitan wood, jade, turquoise, lapis lazuli, rose quartz, coral, agate

• Object Type：
  • OTHERS
• Location：
  • Chinese Ming and Qing Furniture Gallery
• Tag：
  • screen set jade cloud dragon qing zitan wood

This screen is a typical work of the mid-Qing period. It is extremely luxurious and sumptuous with decorations of various materials and in multiple techniques. The screen consists of five panels of rosewood. The front of the screen is engraved with dragons flying in clouds in high relief. The painted black ground is inlaid with birds, flowers and antique patterns made of white jade, sapphires, turquoise, lapis lazuli, rose quartz, coral, and agate, looking brilliant and shining. The back of the screen is decorated with the rolling clouds carving and gold-painted rocks, pines, bamboos and plums. The exquisite carving work, the genius design of multiple-jewel inlays and the elegant picture are presented in a careful, sophisticated and ordered way, showing high levels of craftsmanship. It is a typical work of the heyday of the Qing dynasty, praised as a national treasure.