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Dublin Core

Title

Jade: screen

Description

Small ornamental table screen in form of jade tablet, featuring finely (carved) inscribed script (obverse) and dragon design (reverse). Commemorates first woman who had silk worms in China by discovering use of mulberry leaves. Obverse:
御題蠶織圖 (The Emperor’s Inscription to Pictures of Silkworm Weaving).

One dark brown tablet holder roughly assembled from several carved wood components. Exhibits simple ruyi patterning and scroll work.

Source

Rewi Alley

Provenance

Jade tablet with poem bought by Alley in Shanghai. Given by Alley to Margaret Garland in 1952, to deliver to Canterbury Museum. Garland was in China to attend the Asia-Pacific Peace Conference, held in Beijing.

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Physical Dimensions

Tablet on its own: 119x70x4mm (l x w x thickness)

Museum Ac. No.

C1953.4

Usage Rights

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Collection

Citation

“Jade: screen,” China, Art and Cultural Diplomacy, accessed October 31, 2024, http://rewialleyart.nz/items/show/232.