Box

Description

Box and lid, circular; the lid-panel, mouth-rim and footring are of black lacquered wood with mother-of-pearl inlay; the sides are of rattan cane basketry; the panel is decorated with figures in a garden; the mouth-rim and footring are inlaid with coins and petals; the base bears a mother-of-pearl plaque with "Da Ming Wanli": China, possibly Ming dynasty, Wanli reign, 17th century

Museum reference

A.1965.557

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Box

Production information

China, East Asia

Date

17th century

Style / Culture

Wanli reign, Ming Dynasty, Chinese

Materials

Wood, Lacquer, Mother of pearl, Rattan

Physical description

Black lacquer with mother-of-pearl inlay and basketry sides

Associations

Zhang Zi Duan

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 31

Hu, Shih-chang, Chinese Lacquer (National Museums of Scotland Publishing, 1998), no. 45