Wall panel

Description

Large wall panel of carved lacquer with a design of a river landscape set against mountains in red, brown and dark green, the reverse painted in gold lacquer on black lacquer ground with two dragons pursuing a pearl, in a brown wood frame: China, Qing dynasty, Qianlong reign, 1736-1795

Museum reference

A.1970.489

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Wall panel

Production information

China, East Asia

Date

1736 - 1795

Style / Culture

Qianlong reign, Qing Dynasty, Chinese (Manchu)

Materials

Lacquer, Wood

References

Edward Strange, Chinese Lacquer (Ernest Benn Limited, 1926), plate 26.