Lobster fishing

Details

• Title

  Lobster fishing

• Associated place

  Asia › China (place of creation)

• Date

  1200 - 1545
  Ming Dynasty (1368 - 1644)

• Material and technique

  ink and slight colour on silk; gold-flecked paper; mounted on layers of paper, framed with ling silk pieces; backed with paper scroll fastened with a green stone toggle

• Material index

  organic › animal › animal product › silk;

  processed material › paper;

  inorganic › stone

• Technique index

  woven;

  covered › coated › painted

• Object type

  visual representation › painting;

  communications equipment › art/writing equipment › scroll

• Dimensions

  mount 50.4 x 1193 cm (height x width)
  painting 47 x 328.5 cm (height x width)
  colophon 47.4 x 96.3 cm (height x width)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Purchased, 1965.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1965.188

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