Caption

Box with lid; Chinese; Qing dynasty 1644–1911; 19th century. Red lacquer with carved pattern depicting reeds, meander leiwen ornament, clouds and Buddhist motifs. Vessel with lid: lid height 2.3 cm, diameter 8.8 cm; vessel height 3.5 cm, diameter 8.9 cm; base height 1.8 cm, diameter 8.8 cm; box height 3.1 cm., A round carved object mostly in a deep red color with a few areas of dark brown and black, showing a raised figure of a robed person standing with flowing drapery, surrounded by swirling carved cloud-like forms and textured linear patterns, with a smooth raised rim and some worn or chipped sections along the edge.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A27_134

License type

Rights managed

Available size

103.0Mb (3.1Mb) / 20.0in x 20.0in / 6000 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Box lid Chinese Qing dynasty 1644–1911 19th century Red lacquer carved pattern depicting reeds meander leiwen ornament clouds Buddhist motifs Vessel height 2.3 cm diameter 8.8 cm vessel height 3.5 cm diameter 8.9 cm base 1.8 cm box 3.1 cm round carved object mostly deep red color areas dark brown black showing raised figure robed person standing flowing drapery surrounded swirling cloud- forms textured linear patterns smooth raised rim worn chipped sections edge.