Ornamental screen, 3rd (The East Kent) Regiment of Foot, Peking, China, 1860

Ornamental screen made of a rectangular brass panel with diamond shapes and flower designs of brass with coloured glass in yellow, red and light blue, dark blue and transparent. Mounted in wood covered in red velvet.

The screen is believed to have been taken from the Summer Palace in Peking in 1860.

The Summer Palace in Peking (Beijing) was an imperial garden of the Qing dynasty and was included in UNESCOs World Heritage List from December 1998. In 1860 the palace was looted by British and French military at the end of the 2nd China War (1856-1860).

From the collection of the former Buffs Regimental Museum.