Panel depicting a scene of steatite carvings set onto a painted silk landscape. The panel is one of two removable panels from diptych [1886.1.76.1]. For the other panel see [1886.1.75.3].

Collection type: Object
Description: Panel depicting a scene of steatite carvings set onto a painted silk landscape. The panel is one of two removable panels from diptych [1886.1.76.1]. For the other panel see [1886.1.75.3].
Long description: Panel depicting a scene of steatite carvings set onto a painted silk landscape. Four carved and painted figures are depicted, possibly representing a scholar, a monk and two maids, with a carved and painted stork, house and tree appearing in the background. Further carvings have been removed. The panel is one of two removable panels from diptych [1886.1.76.1]. For the other panel see [1886.1.76.3].
Geographical reference: China
Asia > Eastern Asia > China
Person: Field collector Greville John Chester; PRM source Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford
Date / Period: Date made: On or before 1882
Date collected: ?On or before 1882
Acquisition information: Transferred: 04/03/1886
Materials and processes: Material Steatite Stone, Material Silk Textile Animal, Material Wood Plant, Process Carved, Process Carpentered, Process Woven, Process Painted
Dimensions: Height x Width: max 240 x 195 mm, Width 168 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1886.1.76.2