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Square Food Box (Fang He) on High Footlate Ming dynasty, about 1550-1644

Not on view
Lacquered storage box with a rounded, cushion-like body divided by a glossy black framework, inset panels of tightly coiled salmon-pink fiber, gold trim lines, and a stepped black base
Artist or Maker
Unknown
Title
Square Food Box (Fang He) on High Foot
Culture
Chinese
Place Made
China
Date Made
late Ming dynasty, about 1550-1644
Period
Late Ming dynasty
Medium
Black lacquer with red-stained and gold-trimmed wickerwork panels
Dimensions
10 1/4 x 10 x 10 in. (26.04 x 25.40 x 25.40 cm); 10 1/4 x 10 x 10 in. (26.04 x 25.40 x 25.40 cm); Lid: 4 2/5 in. (12.3 cm); Bottom: 5 2/5 in. (14.8 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Eric Gillberg
Accession Number
M.78.121.8a-b
Classification
Furnishings
Collecting Area
Chinese and Korean Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Kuwayama, George. Far Eastern Lacquers. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1978.
  • P.Y.K.L. Chinese Lacquer. Chinese University of Hong Kong, Institute of Chinese Studies, Art Gallery Exhibition, October - December 1974. Exhibition catalogue.