Description Imperial seat (dabaozuo) of brown lacquered wood, decorated with gold in qiangjin technique, featuring numerous dragon motifs with the largest on the back: China, Qing Dynasty, Qianlong reign, 1735 - 1796 AD Museum reference A.1950.174 Collection World Culture Object name Seat Production information China, East Asia Date 18th century Style / Culture Qianlong reign, Qing Dynasty, Chinese (Manchu) Materials Wood, Lacquer Physical description Wood covered with brown lacquer and decorated all over with dragons; decoration of incised and gilt lines combined with flat washes of green, red, and yellow lacquer Exhibitions Looking East: The Lady Ivy Wu Gallery (29 Jul 2011 - 08 Jun 2014) National Museum of Scotland References Burlington Fine Arts Club, Exhibition of Chinese Art, 1915, p. 44 Hu, Shih-chang, Chinese Lacquer (National Museums of Scotland Publishing, 1998), no. 46
Description Imperial seat (dabaozuo) of brown lacquered wood, decorated with gold in qiangjin technique, featuring numerous dragon motifs with the largest on the back: China, Qing Dynasty, Qianlong reign, 1735 - 1796 AD Museum reference A.1950.174 Collection World Culture Object name Seat Production information China, East Asia Date 18th century Style / Culture Qianlong reign, Qing Dynasty, Chinese (Manchu) Materials Wood, Lacquer Physical description Wood covered with brown lacquer and decorated all over with dragons; decoration of incised and gilt lines combined with flat washes of green, red, and yellow lacquer Exhibitions Looking East: The Lady Ivy Wu Gallery (29 Jul 2011 - 08 Jun 2014) National Museum of Scotland References Burlington Fine Arts Club, Exhibition of Chinese Art, 1915, p. 44 Hu, Shih-chang, Chinese Lacquer (National Museums of Scotland Publishing, 1998), no. 46