Caption

Box with a lid, Chinese, Ming 1368–1644, 17th century. Semi-circular box decorated on the lid with a dense pattern of peony flowers and leaves; rim decorated with a Chinese meander motif. Materials/technique suggested by form: container. Dimensions: height 4.4 cm, width 24.0 cm, depth 10.7 cm. Subjects/ornament: peonies, leiwen meander, lemons., A semicircular object with an ornate carved surface covered in a floral relief pattern, showing a group of overlapping stylized flowers and leaves with curved petals and lobed foliage; the carved areas are predominantly red with worn highlights showing a goldish tone in the recesses, and the background around the object is a muted gray.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A24_252

License type

Rights managed

Available size

51.4Mb (1.6Mb) / 20.0in x 10.0in / 6000 x 2997 (300dpi)

Keywords

Box lid Chinese Ming 1368–1644 17th century Semi-circular box decorated dense pattern peony flowers leaves rim decorated Chinese meander motif Materials technique suggested form container Dimensions height 4.4 cm width 24.0 cm depth 10.7 cm Subjects ornament peonies leiwen meander lemons semicircular object ornate carved surface covered floral relief pattern showing group overlapping stylized flowers curved petals lobed foliage carved areas predominantly red worn highlights showing goldish tone recesses background object muted gray.