Title

Lac Burgaute dish with abalone mother-of-pearl, China, late 17th century. Artist: Unknown

Caption

Lac Burgaute dish with abalone mother-of-pearl and gold inlays, China, late 17th century. A square lac burgaute dish with pared corners. The mother-of-pearl of abalone shell type and gold sheet inlays depict a scholar with his attendant watching a winding stream under a rocky cliff in the moonlight.
Bath (England), The Museum of East Asian Art

Date

1675

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images

Reference

HRM19B72_246

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

18,0Mb (718,9Kb) / 9,5in x 7,4in / 2841 x 2211 (300dpi)

Keywords

black stream education night country science China Chinese shell solar system astronomy color colour moon moonlight lunar location dish century dynasty scholar time of day qing dynasty 17th century mother-of-pearl lacquer seventeenth century Museum of East Asian Art Kangxi period lacquered Unknown gold gold