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Source Description
This tablet is engraved with minuscule characters; the inscribed text is an essay by the Qianlong emperor. The supreme jade quality and similar carving style (for example, the sharp inverted edges) suggest that this jade scepter could have been made during the 1700s with the artistic intent to "model after the past."
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Document identity
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154747
label
Oval Cup Stand with Animal Masks
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object
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1
Source metadata
id
154747
contentType
object
title
Oval Cup Stand with Animal Masks
description
This tablet is engraved with minuscule characters; the inscribed text is an essay by the Qianlong emperor. The supreme jade quality and similar carving style (for example, the sharp inverted edges) suggest that this jade scepter could have been made during the 1700s with the artistic intent to "model after the past."
date
1736–95
rights
CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q60759670
genreSpecific
Jade
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1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 10.5 cm (4 1/8 in.)
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China, Qing dynasty, Qianlong mark and period (1736–95)
accession
1989.327
Source extras
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white jade with black markings and incised decoration
tombstone
Oval Cup Stand with Animal Masks, 1736–95. China, Qing dynasty, Qianlong mark and period (1736–95). White jade with black markings and incised decoration; overall: 10.5 cm (4 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Mrs. Severance A. Millikin, 1989.327
collection
China - Qing Dynasty
inscriptions
inscription
乾隆年制
inscription_translation
Four-character seal script mark of Qianlong: Qianlong nian zhi ("Made in the reign of Qianlong").
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1
citations
citation
<em>Catalogue of the Severance and Greta Millikin Collection</em>. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1990.
page_number
cat. no. 202
creditline
Bequest of Mrs. Severance A. Millikin
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2026-05-29 08:00:55.008000
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154747
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Chinese Art
coll
China - Qing Dynasty
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white jade with black markings and incised decoration
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