Square measure

Description

Square measure of red, green and brown lacquered wood, carved in diaoqi technique with five-clawed dragons in clouds above mountains and sea, with reign mark on base, and with wooden stand: China, Ming Dynasty, Jiajing mark and period, 1521 - 1567 AD

Museum reference

A.1930.496

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Square measure

Production information

China, East Asia

Date

16th century

Style / Culture

Jiajing reign, Ming Dynasty, Chinese

Materials

Lacquer, Wood

Physical description

Carved polychrome lacquer

Associations

Depicted: Mount Meru

Exhibitions

• Exploring East Asia (08 Feb 2019)
  National Museum of Scotland

• Looking East: The Lady Ivy Wu Gallery (29 Jul 2011 - 08 Jun 2014)
  National Museum of Scotland

• Ming: The Golden Empire (27 Jun 2014 - 19 Oct 2014)
  National Museum of Scotland

• International Exhibition of Chinese Art, Royal Academy, London, 1935-36 (1935 - 1936)
  Royal Academy

References

Illustrated in Fritz Low-Beer, Chinese lacquer of the middle and late Ming period, The Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, Stockholm Bulletin 24 (1952), no. 61.

Hu, Shih-chang, Chinese Lacquer (National Museums of Scotland Publishing, 1998), no. 19

On display

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