Dish

Description

Circular dish of carved polychrome lacquered wood decorated with a hoofed qilin frolicking in a garden in centre, with four qilin in cartouches around the wall: China, Ming dynasty, Jiajing period, 1522 - 1566

Museum reference

A.1965.534

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Dish

Production information

China, East Asia

Date

1521 - 1567

Style / Culture

Jiajing reign, Ming Dynasty, Chinese

Materials

Wood, Lacquer

Physical description

Carved polychrome lacquer on wood

Exhibitions

• Chinese Lacquer (1964 - 1964)
  Royal Scottish Museum

References

Catalogue of the collection of Chinese lacquer : as exhibited in the Royal Scottish Museum, 1964 / Sammy Yukuan Lee / Royal Scottish Museum, 1964 / catalogue number: SYL 6

Hu, Shih-chang, Chinese Lacquer (National Museums of Scotland Publishing, 1998), no. 18