Caption

Box with a lid; semi-circular box decorated on the lid with a dense pattern of peony flowers and leaves. The rim is decorated with a Chinese meander motif and leiwen thunder ornament; additional motifs include lemons. Chinese; Ming dynasty 1368–1644; 17th century. Material: Chinese lacquer implied. Function: container. Dimensions: height 4.4 cm, width 24.0 cm, depth 10.7 cm., A long, narrow rectangular object with a lid, shown from the side against a plain gray background; both top and bottom surfaces are decorated with a repeated raised geometric pattern forming stepped square motifs, and the object is predominantly reddish with some darker red and subtle brownish accents and slight areas where a muted goldish tone shows in the recessed lines; there is a thin dark gap between lid and base and minor surface wear along the edges.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A24_254

License type

Rights managed

Available size

32.7Mb (582.1Kb) / 20.0in x 6.3in / 6000 x 1903 (300dpi)

Keywords

Box lid semi-circular box decorated dense pattern peony flowers leaves rim decorated Chinese meander motif leiwen thunder ornament additional motifs include lemons Chinese Ming dynasty 1368–1644 17th century Material Chinese lacquer implied Function container Dimensions height 4.4 cm width 24.0 cm depth 10.7 cm long narrow rectangular object shown side plain gray background top bottom surfaces repeated raised geometric pattern forming stepped square motifs object predominantly reddish darker red subtle brownish accents slight areas muted goldish tone recessed lines thin dark gap base minor surface wear edges.