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Rectangular Tray (Changfang Pan) with Sword-Pommel PatternMiddle Ming dynasty, about 1450-1550

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Long rectangular ceramic tray with deep black glaze and raised reddish-brown carved spiral and scroll decoration covering the interior and sides

Unknown, Rectangular Tray (Changfang Pan) with Sword-Pommel Pattern, Middle Ming dynasty, about 1450-1550, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John H. Nessley, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Unknown
Title
Rectangular Tray (Changfang Pan) with Sword-Pommel Pattern
Culture
Chinese
Place Made
China
Date Made
Middle Ming dynasty, about 1450-1550
Period
Middle Ming dynasty
Medium
Carved black and red lacquer (tixi) on wood core
Dimensions
1 3/8 x 14 3/8 x 5 1/4 in. (3.49 x 36.51 x 13.34 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John H. Nessley
Accession Number
M.79.89.2
Classification
Furnishings
Collecting Area
Chinese and Korean Art
Selected Bibliography
  • 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.
  • Kuwayama, George. Far Eastern Lacquers. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1978.