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Date unknown · Black lacquer, peacock feather, silk thread · Asian Art

This elaborate, tubular lacquered box was intended as a storage container for an official's hat feather. The large, encircled characters in archaic style on one side of the container refer to "three eyes"—a hat feather with three peacock-feather eyes, which signified the highest honor. The work is an example of the Qing period's enthusiasm for archaism.

Artist: Unknown
Date: Date unknown
Medium: Black lacquer, peacock feather, silk thread
Culture: China
Department: Asian Art
Credit line: Gift of Mrs. Henry-George J. McNeary, 1966

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