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Foliated Dish (Pan) with Sword-Pommel PatternEarly Ming dynasty, about 1368-1450

Not on view
Circular vermilion lacquer dish viewed from above, with a scalloped rim and allover high-relief carving of dense, interlocking cloud scroll motifs

Unknown, Foliated Dish (Pan) with Sword-Pommel Pattern, Early Ming dynasty, about 1368-1450, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Robert and Gwenna Blackmore, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Unknown
Title
Foliated Dish (Pan) with Sword-Pommel Pattern
Culture
Chinese
Place Made
China
Date Made
Early Ming dynasty, about 1368-1450
Period
Early Ming dynasty
Medium
Carved red lacquer (tixi) on wood core
Dimensions
Height: 1 3/8 in. (3.49 cm); Diameter: 12 3/8 in. (31.43 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Robert and Gwenna Blackmore
Accession Number
M.87.203
Classification
Furnishings
Collecting Area
Chinese and Korean Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Kuwayama, George. Chinese Ceramics: The Heeramaneck Collection. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1973.
  • 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.