Caption

Box with a lid, Chinese, Qing dynasty 1644–1911, 2nd half of the 18th century. Lacquered box with figurative scenes of sages, scholars and servants amid landscape motifs pine trees, rocks, rosettes, kikko tortoiseshell pattern, geometric ornament. Vessel. Height 11.0 cm; width 4.8 cm., The image shows a carved, round box with a scalloped edge, rendered in a deep red color against a gray background; the box has intricate raised floral and geometric patterns on its sides and a detailed relief scene on its lid, with visible texture and highlights in red and darker red tones.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A23_493

License type

Rights managed

Available size

59.5Mb (1.1Mb) / 16.8in x 13.7in / 5047 x 4124 (300dpi)

Keywords

Box lid Chinese Qing dynasty 1644–1911 2nd half 18th century Lacquered box figurative scenes sages scholars servants landscape motifs pine trees rocks rosettes kikko tortoiseshell pattern geometric ornament Vessel Height 11.0 cm width 4.8 cm image carved round box scalloped edge rendered deep red color gray background box intricate raised floral geometric patterns sides detailed relief scene visible texture highlights darker tones.