https://emuseum.cornell.edu/internal/media/dispatcher/73532/fullTable screen slab with lotus and duck designCh'ing Dynasty (1644-1912) 18th century[com.gallerysystems.emuseum.core.entities.RecordXPerson@16070]com.gallerysystems.emuseum.core.entities.RecordXPerson@16070Duan shi mountain slateThe square piece of slate is carved on one side in a relief which varies in depth, from fairly deep (ironicly in the closest plane the large lotus leaf) to quite shallow, mere incising of lines (the river water). Depicted here are: a lotus in full flower, a lotus bud, lotus leaves and pods, long grasses swaying against the background of the flowing river, and a single, small duck with head crest, seemingly seated on a lotus pod (meant as a depth-creating device; ie overlapping planes?)com.gallerysystems.emuseum.core.entities.Classification@65https://emuseum.cornell.edu/objects/17565/rdf