西漢 黑地朱繪雲氣紋漆碗|Bowl with Geometric Designs
Unknown
2nd century BCE · Black lacquer painted with red lacquer · Asian Art
Likely used for serving a liquid such as wine or soup, this bowl is painted with dramatic swirling lines interlaced with small curls and other forms. Known as cloud energy, or yunqi, this design, which was pervasive during the Western Han dynasty, is understood to represent a forbidding but numinous realm inhabited by immortals.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 2nd century BCE
- Medium
- Black lacquer painted with red lacquer
- Culture
- China
- Department
- Asian Art
- Credit line
- Purchase, Florence and Herbert Irving Gift, 1994
