Stand

Description

Stand of red lacquered wood, square and decorated on top in the tianqi and qiangjin techniques with a five-clawed dragon chasing a flaming pearl, and with eight-character reign mark: China, Ming Dynasty, Tianqi period, dated 1623

Museum reference

A.1965.556

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Stand

Production information

China, East Asia

Date

1623

Style / Culture

Tianqi reign, Ming Dynasty, Chinese

Materials

Wood, Lacquer

Physical description

Red lacquer with tianqi and qiangjin

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 30

Hu, Shih-chang, Chinese Lacquer (National Museums of Scotland Publishing, 1998), no. 39