Bottle in meiping shape with orange trees

Details

• Title

  Bottle in meiping shape with orange trees

• Associated place

  Asia › Japan (place of creation)

• Date

  16th century (1501 - 1600)

• Material and technique

  wood, covered in black lacquer, and with hiramaki-e lacquer decoration in silver

• Material index

  organic › vegetal › wood;

  processed material › metal › silver;

  organic › vegetal › resin › lacquer

• Technique index

  covered › coated › varnished › lacquered

• Object type

  container › vessel › bottle;

  miscellaneous equipment › stopper

• Dimensions

  with lid 48 cm (height)
  without lid 42.5 cm (height)
  29 cm max. (diameter)

• No. of items

  2

• Credit line

  Purchased with the assistance of an anonymous benefactor, 2002.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA2002.33

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