明晚期 剔紅綬帶牡丹紋漆盒|Box with long-tailed birds and peonies

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second half of the 16th century · Carved red lacquer · Asian Art

明晚期 剔紅綬帶牡丹紋漆盒|Box with long-tailed birds and peonies — Unknown

On the side of the cover are abstract, rocklike forms. They provide a groundline, often seen in sixteenth-century lacquer works, for the auspicious peonies and long-tailed birds on the cover.

Artist
Unknown
Date
second half of the 16th century
Medium
Carved red lacquer
Culture
China
Department
Asian Art
Credit line
Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891

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