- Title
- Box (He) with Longevity (Shou) Character, Eight Buddhist Symbols (Bajixiang), and Dragons
- Culture
- Chinese
- Date Made
- Ming dynasty, Jiajing mark and period, 1522-1566
- Period
- Ming dynasty
- Medium
- Carved red, brown, and black lacquer on wood core (ticai)
- Dimensions
- 5 x 10 1/4 in. (12.7 x 26 cm)
- Accession Number
- M.80.152.2a-b
- 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.