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 characteristicshout, lak

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.
Catalogue reference
- Pauline Lunsingh Scheurleer, 'Een topstuk van Chinees lakwerk', Mededelingenblad Vereniging van Vrienden der Aziatische Kunst 13/2 (1983), pp. 6-8.
- 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.

Creation

Creation
laksnijder: Zhang Cheng, China
Dating
c. 1300 - c. 1325
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Material and technique

Physical description
hout, lak
Material
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

- Pauline Lunsingh Scheurleer, 'Een topstuk van Chinees lakwerk', Mededelingenblad Vereniging van Vrienden der Aziatische Kunst 13/2 (1983), pp. 6-8.
- 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.

Persistent URL

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https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/20015817