明晚期 黑漆嵌螺鈿人物故事圖葵口盤|Dish with figures in a landscape

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16th century · Black lacquer with inlaid mother-of-pearl · Asian Art

On this dish, a lady, her maid, and two young attendants walk toward a gentleman standing in a pavilion on a moonlit night. The scene suggests a romantic tryst and may derive from a woodcut illustration of a popular novel of the period.

Artist

Unknown

Date

16th century

Medium

Black lacquer with inlaid mother-of-pearl

Culture

China

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

Gift of Florence and Herbert Irving, 2015