Caption

Box; maker, Chinese; Qing dynasty 1644–1911, early 20th century. Container, height 33.7 cm, width 19.5 cm, depth 6.7 cm. Material/decoration: Chinese art featuring landscape motifs with staffage, boats, figural scenes, scholars/sages, defensive walls architectural, and swastikas., A rectangular, closed wooden box with a hinged lid sits centered against a neutral gray background; the box is predominantly deep red with areas of darker red and brown patina, and it has black decorative motifs along the corners and edges as well as darker, nearly black floral or cloud-like shapes on the top surfaces, with small worn spots revealing lighter wood tones and a few scuffed edges.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A28_026

License type

Rights managed

Available size

29.8Mb (359.3Kb) / 20.0in x 5.8in / 6000 x 1737 (300dpi)

Keywords

Box maker Chinese Qing dynasty 1644–1911 early 20th century Container height 33.7 cm width 19.5 cm depth 6.7 cm Material decoration Chinese art featuring landscape motifs staffage boats figural scenes scholars sages defensive walls architectural swastikas rectangular closed wooden box hinged lid sits centered neutral gray background box predominantly deep red areas darker red brown patina black decorative motifs corners edges well darker nearly black floral cloud- shapes top surfaces small worn spots revealing lighter wood tones scuffed edges.