Caption

Box with a lid, Chinese, Qing 1644–1911, 2nd half of the 18th century. Lacquered vessel decorated with figurative scenes of sages, scholars, and servants amid landscape motifs pine trees, rocks, rosettes, kikko tortoiseshell and geometric ornament. Height 11.0 cm, width 4.8 cm., A round, scalloped-edge carved box sits against a plain gray background; the box is predominantly deep red with carved surface textures showing raised patterns and relief scenes on the lid and sides, and there are small areas where the red finish is chipped revealing a few patches of darker and lighter tones beneath.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A23_498

License type

Rights managed

Available size

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

Keywords

Box lid Chinese Qing 1644–1911 2nd half 18th century Lacquered vessel decorated figurative scenes sages scholars servants landscape motifs pine trees rocks rosettes kikko tortoiseshell geometric ornament Height 11.0 cm width 4.8 cm round scalloped-edge carved box sits plain gray background box predominantly deep red carved surface textures showing raised patterns relief scenes sides small areas red finish chipped revealing patches darker lighter tones beneath.