Lacquered box with chrysanthemums

Details

• Title

  Lacquered box with chrysanthemums

• Associated place

  Asia › China (place of creation)

• Date

  1st half of the 18th century

• Material and technique

  box, probably wood, covered in black lacquer, and inlaid with mother-of-pearl; crystal lid

• Material index

  organic › vegetal › wood;

  organic › vegetal › resin › lacquer;

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

  inorganic › mineral › silica › quartz › rock crystal

• Technique index

  covered › coated › varnished › lacquered;

  covered › inlaid;

  carved

• Object type

  container › box;

  miscellaneous equipment › lid

• Dimensions

  with lid 7.2 x 6.6 x 5.7 cm (height x width x depth)
  without lid 6.8 x 6.6 x 5.7 cm (height x width x depth)

• 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.

  EA1965.192

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