id: 144946 accession number: 1970.145 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1970.145 updated: 2023-04-15 11:10:43.418000 Wrist Rest, 1736–95. China, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Qianlong reign (1736–95). Jade; overall: 16.2 cm (6 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. John Lyon Collyer in memory of her mother, Mrs. G. M. G. Forman 1970.145 title: Wrist Rest title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1736–95 creation date earliest: 1736 creation date latest: 1795 current location: creditline: Gift of Mrs. John Lyon Collyer in memory of her mother, Mrs. G. M. G. Forman copyright: --- culture: China, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Qianlong reign (1736–95) technique: jade department: Chinese Art collection: China - Qing Dynasty type: Jade find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 16.2 cm (6 3/8 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Year in Review: 1970 opening date: 1971-02-10T05:00:00 Year in Review: 1970. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 10-March 7, 1971). title: China through the Magnifying Glass: Masterpieces in Miniature and Detail opening date: 2022-12-11T05:00:00 China through the Magnifying Glass: Masterpieces in Miniature and Detail. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 11, 2022-February 26, 2023). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE Mrs. John Lyon [Georgia Forman Elliott] Collyer [1898–1994], Akron, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art date: ?–1970 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 1970– footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: Wrist rests were used to steady the hand while creating graceful brush strokes. digital description: wall description: In China, access to political power was granted to those who passed the civil service examinations, a system that offered official service only at a high level of education. Chinese literati-officials, whose daily routine involved administrative work in an office, enjoyed precious objects on their writing desks that offered distraction and demonstrated good taste. By the Ming (1368–1644) and Qing (1644–1911) dynasties, these utensils of the literati studio also became collectibles and were treasured as artworks.

The front of this jade wrist rest is carved with a design of a pine tree, clouds, and a crane of immortality holding a branch of lingzhi fungus in its mouth. The raised rectangular boss on the back of the wrist rest is inscribed. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Lee, Sherman E. “The Year in Review for 1970.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 58, no. 2 (February 1971): 22–71. page number: Mentioned: p. 70, no. 148 url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25152361 --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1970.145/1970.145_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1970.145/1970.145_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1970.145/1970.145_full.tif