明　雕漆剔犀劍環紋盒|Box with pommel scrolls

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15th–16th century · Carved polychrome lacquer (tixi) · Asian Art

This design is commonly known as the "pommel scroll" pattern because the bracket-shaped scroll resembles the pommel of a Chinese sword. The design was popular in lacquer, ceramics, and metalwork in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries and remained important in carved lacquer in the fifteenth century.

Artist

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Date

15th–16th century

Medium

Carved polychrome lacquer (tixi)

Culture

China

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

Gift of Florence and Herbert Irving, 2015