Lacquer bowl with dragons

Details

• Title

  Lacquer bowl with dragons

• Associated people

  Jiajing, Emperor of China (ruled 1522 - 1567) (commissioner)

• Associated place

  Asia › China (place of creation)

• Date

  Ming Dynasty, Jiajing Period (1522 - 1567)

• Material and technique

  wood, covered in red lacquer, with carved decoration

• Material index

  organic › vegetal › wood;

  organic › vegetal › resin › lacquer

• Technique index

  carved

• Object type

  container › vessel › bowl

• Dimensions

  10 cm (height)
  18.7 cm (diameter)
  at foot 8.8 cm (diameter)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by E. H. North, 1966.

• Museum location

  Second floor | Gallery 38 | China from AD 800

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1966.82

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