Rectangular Tray (Changfang Pan) with Sword-Pommel Pattern

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Rectangular Tray (Changfang Pan) with Sword-Pommel Pattern

China, Chinese, Middle Ming dynasty, about 1450-1550
Furnishings; Serviceware
Carved black and red lacquer (tixi) on wood core
1 3/8 x 14 3/8 x 5 1/4 in. (3.49 x 36.51 x 13.34 cm)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John H. Nessley (M.79.89.2)
Chinese Art
Not currently on public view

Bibliography

  • Kuwayama, George.  Far Eastern Lacquers.  Los Angeles:  Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1978.
  • Li, T. June and John W. Hirx, "A Carved Lacquer Ewer:  Adaptations and Innovations in the Sixteenth Century." Orientations vol. 31, No. 6 (June 2000), pp. 79-89.