1945.20: Trefoil Tray with Decoration of Dragons, Mountains, Waves and Auspicious Characters
Vessels
This object does not yet have a description.
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
- Permissions
-
The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request.
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of Asian Lacquers" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, 1993), Unpublished, pp. 1-6 passim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
This record was created from historic documentation and may not have been reviewed by a curator; it may be inaccurate or incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu