Lacquered box with figures in a landscape

Details

• Title

  Lacquered box with figures in a landscape

• Associated place

  Asia › China (place of creation)

• Date

  18th century (1701 - 1800)

• Material and technique

  box, probably wood, covered in black lacquer, inlaid with gold and mother-of-pearl

• Material index

  organic › vegetal › wood;

  organic › vegetal › resin › lacquer;

  processed material › metal › gold;

  organic › animal › shell › pearlshell › mother-of-pearl

• Technique index

  covered › coated › varnished › lacquered;

  covered › inlaid

• Object type

  container › box;

  miscellaneous equipment › lid

• Dimensions

  with lid 2.9 cm (height)
  without lid 2 cm (height)
  8.8 cm (diameter)

• No. of items

  2

• Credit line

  Presented by E. H. North, 1965.

• Museum location

  Second floor | Gallery 38 | China from AD 800

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1965.168

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