Period:Qing dynasty Production date:18thC
Materials:ivory
Technique:carved
Dimensions:Height: 25.80 centimetres Width: 11.70 centimetres
Description:
Carved ivory table screen. One one side is carved with Zhang Liang, a strategist and statesman of the early Han dynasty, with an assassin on one side. On the other side of the screen is a poetic inscription and seals. The figures and calligraphy are emphasised with green staining.
IMG
![图片[1]-table-screen BM-2018-3005.273.a-b-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Qin dynasty/43/mid_P1010341.jpg)
![图片[2]-table-screen BM-2018-3005.273.a-b-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Qin dynasty/43/mid_P1010340.jpg)
Comments:The image and the inscription refer to the assassination of Qin Shihuangdi led by Zhang Liang in 218BC. The mission failed but both Zhang Liang and the assassin escaped.
Materials:ivory
Technique:carved
Dimensions:Height: 25.80 centimetres Width: 11.70 centimetres
Description:
Carved ivory table screen. One one side is carved with Zhang Liang, a strategist and statesman of the early Han dynasty, with an assassin on one side. On the other side of the screen is a poetic inscription and seals. The figures and calligraphy are emphasised with green staining.
IMG
Comments:The image and the inscription refer to the assassination of Qin Shihuangdi led by Zhang Liang in 218BC. The mission failed but both Zhang Liang and the assassin escaped.
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