Caption

Box, gift; Chinese art, Qing 1644–1911 style, early 20th century, China. Lacquer container with figural scenes including scholars/sages, staffage, boats, defensive walls, landscape motifs, and swastikas. Height 33.7 cm, width 19.5 cm, depth 6.7 cm., A long rectangular wooden box with a hinged lid, shown closed and viewed from the front, finished in a deep red with darker red and black decorative motifs and painted landscape elements, a few areas of brown and golden paint creating mountain and cloud shapes, and two rectangular metal hinge plates with a dull grayish-green patina fastened with round rivets.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A28_027

License type

Rights managed

Available size

29.8Mb (562.0Kb) / 20.0in x 5.8in / 6000 x 1737 (300dpi)

Keywords

Box gift Chinese art Qing 1644–1911 style early 20th century China Lacquer container figural scenes scholars sages staffage boats defensive walls landscape motifs swastikas Height 33.7 cm width 19.5 cm depth 6.7 cm long rectangular wooden box hinged lid shown closed viewed front finished deep red darker red black decorative motifs painted landscape elements areas brown golden paint creating mountain cloud shapes two rectangular metal hinge plates dull grayish-green patina fastened round rivets.