Period:Yuan dynasty (1271–1368) Date:14th century Culture:China Medium:Carved red lacquer Dimensions:H. 1/4 in. (.6 cm); Diam. 6 11/16 (17 cm) Classification:Lacquer Credit Line:Gift of Florence and Herbert Irving, 2015 Accession Number:2015.500.1.70 The deep carving of the peonies and leaves in this small dish is typical of Chinese lacquerware produced in the first half of the fourteenth century. A similar example dated before 1333 was recovered during the 1976–84 excavation of a famous shipwreck off the Sinan Islands near the southwestern coast of Korea.
Period:Yuan dynasty (1271–1368) Date:14th century Culture:China Medium:Carved red lacquer Dimensions:H. 1/4 in. (.6 cm); Diam. 6 11/16 (17 cm) Classification:Lacquer Credit Line:Gift of Florence and Herbert Irving, 2015 Accession Number:2015.500.1.70 The deep carving of the peonies and leaves in this small dish is typical of Chinese lacquerware produced in the first half of the fourteenth century. A similar example dated before 1333 was recovered during the 1976–84 excavation of a famous shipwreck off the Sinan Islands near the southwestern coast of Korea.