Dish

Zhang Cheng, c. 1300 - c. 1325

This lively carved dish features a pair of birds in flight against a background of lotus flowers and other water plants. The extraordinarily fine craftsmanship indicates that this dish was never meant for daily use. The production of lacquerware is an extremely time-consuming process that takes at least five years and sometimes involves the application of over two hundred layers of lacquer.

  • Artwork typedish
  • Object numberAK-MAK-1224
  • Dimensionsdiameter 32.5 cm x height 3.5 cm
  • Physical characteristicswood, lacquer

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Dish

  • Object type

  • Object number

    AK-MAK-1224

  • Description

    Lakschaal, rond gesneden zwartlak, gedecoreerd met twee vliegende mandarijneenden tussen lotusbloemen en andere waterplanten.

Creation

  • Creation

    laksnijder: Zhang Cheng, China

  • Dating

    c. 1300 - c. 1325

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    wood, lacquer

  • Dimensions

    diameter 32.5 cm x height 3.5 cm

Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    On loan from the Royal Asian Art Society in The Netherlands (purchase J. Dubosc, Paris, 1973)

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; from J. Dubosc, Paris, £ 8,000, to the Vereniging van Vrienden der Aziatische Kunst, 1973;{Note RMA.} from whom on loan to the museum, 1973

Documentation

    • H.H. Garner, 'The export of Chinese lacker to Japan the Yüan and early Ming Dynasties', Archives of Asian Art, XXV (1971-72), p. 7-28, afb. 2.
    • Pauline Lunsingh Scheurleer, 'Een topstuk van Chinees lakwerk', Mededelingenblad Vereniging van Vrienden der Aziatische Kunst 13/2 (1983), pp. 6-8.

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