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Unknown
Bowl with Peoniesabout 1500-1600

Not on view
Wide, shallow decorative bowl with a deep red interior and exterior covered in dense gold allover decoration of leaf and scroll motifs against a near-black ground

Unknown, Bowl with Peonies, about 1500-1600, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. J. Stuart Cumming, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Unknown
Title
Bowl with Peonies
Place Made
Ryukyu Islands
Date Made
about 1500-1600
Medium
Green and red lacquer on wood core with incised and gold- filled decoration (chinkin in Japanese, qiangjin in Chinese)
Dimensions
1 1/8 x 4 in. (2.86 x 10.16 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. J. Stuart Cumming
Accession Number
M.82.151.2
Classification
Furnishings
Collecting Area
Chinese and Korean Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Yomigaeru Okinawa. Okinawa Reborn: Postwar Life Amid the Ashes of War and Loss of Cultural Assets. Naha-city, Okinawa: Okinawa Prefectural Museum, 1995.
  • Phil Freshman. Los Angeles County Museum of Art Report, July 1, 1981-June 30, 1983. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1984.