Title

Red lacquer display cabinet, China, 1550-1644. Artist: Unknown

Caption

Red lacquer display cabinet, China, 1550-1644. Late Ming dynasty cabinet and stand on a soft wood base with cloth covering. The cabinet, probably from Fujian province, is covered all over with lacquer of brick red colour with scenes of egrets in a lotus pond, both on detachable doors operated on peg hinges. The doors have 18th century famille rose cloisonne enamel handles and elongated plates depicting birds and flowers.
Bath (England), The Museum of East Asian Art

Date

1550

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images

Reference

HRM19B72_342

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

18,0Mb (740,3Kb) / 7,3in x 9,5in / 2200 x 2856 (300dpi)

Keywords

country China Chinese color colour ming location century cabinet cloisonne furniture artefact dynasty Ming Dynasty artifact 17th century enamel lacquer 16th century sixteenth century seventeenth century Museum of East Asian Art lacquered object wood Unknown wood object