Caption

Box with a lid, Chinese art, Chinese culture, Ming 1368–1644, boxes, peonies, meander ornament, leiwen ornament, lemons. Semi-circular box decorated on the lid with a dense pattern composed of peony flowers and leaves. The rim is decorated with a Chinese meander motif. 17th century, China, container. Height 4.4 cm, width 24.0 cm, depth 10.7 cm., A semicircular carved object with intricate floral relief on its top surface and a repeating geometric border along the curved edge, shown partially open to reveal a dark interior. The visible colors include deep red on the carved surfaces, darker reddish-brown along worn areas, black in the interior, and a muted gray background.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A24_260

License type

Rights managed

Available size

62.2Mb (1.1Mb) / 20.0in x 12.1in / 6000 x 3621 (300dpi)

Keywords

Box lid Chinese art Chinese culture Ming 1368–1644 boxes peonies meander ornament leiwen ornament lemons Semi-circular box decorated dense pattern composed peony flowers leaves rim decorated Chinese meander motif 17th century China container Height 4.4 cm width 24.0 cm depth 10.7 cm semicircular carved object intricate floral relief top surface repeating geometric border curved edge shown partially open reveal dark interior visible colors include deep red carved surfaces darker reddish-brown worn areas black interior muted gray background.