Title

Lacquer plaque mounted as a screen, with various inlays, Qing dynasty, China, 1st half 18th century. Artist: Unknown

Caption

Lacquer plaque mounted as a screen, with various inlays, Qing dynasty, China, 1st half 18th century. A black lacquer inlaid plaque mounted as a screen. One side is decorated with an immortal on the back of a dragon, holding a flute and crossing a swirling ocean in mother of pearl and various coloured stone inlays. The reverse is decorated with the three friends of winter (bamboo, pine and prunus) in coloured stone inlays on a black lacquer ground.
Bath (England), The Museum of East Asian Art

Date

1700

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images

Reference

HRM19B72_251

Model release

Non

License type

Droits gérés

Available size

17,9Mo (723,4Ko) / 18,5cm x 24,3cm / 2189 x 2865 (300dpi)

Keywords

nature ocean animal season winter black music flower flowers plant arts country China Chinese shell color colour pine screen dragon bamboo carved location century musical instrument plaque dynasty immortal immortality mythology flute qing dynasty prunus wintry mother-of-pearl lacquer mythical creature 18th century Eighteenth Century Museum of East Asian Art lacquered mythical beast wood Unknown wood