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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1945.20
Title
Trefoil Tray with Decoration of Dragons, Mountains, Waves and Auspicious Characters
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
1522-1566
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period
Ming dynasty, 1368-1644
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/198361

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Carved cinnabar lacquer over a wooden core; with incised inscription reading "Ta
Technique
Carved

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of C. Adrian Rübel
Accession Year
1945
Object Number
1945.20
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Abby Hykin, "FT-IR Analysis of Asian Lacquers" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, 1993), Unpublished, pp. 1-6 passim

Exhibition History

Verification Level

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