Lacquer bowl with a phoenix amid peonies

Details

• Title

  Lacquer bowl with a phoenix amid peonies

• Associated place

  Asia › China (place of creation)

• Date

  16th century (1501 - 1600)
  Ming Dynasty (1368 - 1644)

• Material and technique

  wood, covered in red lacquer, with carved decoration

• Material index

  organic › vegetal › wood;

  organic › vegetal › resin › lacquer

• Technique index

  covered › coated › varnished › lacquered;

  carved

• Object type

  container › vessel › bowl

• Dimensions

  9.5 cm (height)
  20.5 cm (diameter)
  at foot 10.8 cm (diameter)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by E. H. North, 1964.

• Museum location

  Second floor | Gallery 38 | China from AD 800

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1964.74

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