Description Circular dish of carved polychrome lacquered wood decorated with a hoofed qilin frolicking in a garden in centre, with four qilin in cartouches around the wall: China, Ming dynasty, Jiajing period, 1522 - 1566 Museum reference A.1965.534 Collection World Culture Object name Dish Production information China, East Asia Date 1521 - 1567 Style / Culture Jiajing reign, Ming Dynasty, Chinese Materials Wood, Lacquer Physical description Carved polychrome lacquer on wood Exhibitions Chinese Lacquer (1964 - 1964) Royal Scottish Museum References Catalogue of the collection of Chinese lacquer : as exhibited in the Royal Scottish Museum, 1964 / Sammy Yukuan Lee / Royal Scottish Museum, 1964 / catalogue number: SYL 6 Hu, Shih-chang, Chinese Lacquer (National Museums of Scotland Publishing, 1998), no. 18
Description Circular dish of carved polychrome lacquered wood decorated with a hoofed qilin frolicking in a garden in centre, with four qilin in cartouches around the wall: China, Ming dynasty, Jiajing period, 1522 - 1566 Museum reference A.1965.534 Collection World Culture Object name Dish Production information China, East Asia Date 1521 - 1567 Style / Culture Jiajing reign, Ming Dynasty, Chinese Materials Wood, Lacquer Physical description Carved polychrome lacquer on wood Exhibitions Chinese Lacquer (1964 - 1964) Royal Scottish Museum References Catalogue of the collection of Chinese lacquer : as exhibited in the Royal Scottish Museum, 1964 / Sammy Yukuan Lee / Royal Scottish Museum, 1964 / catalogue number: SYL 6 Hu, Shih-chang, Chinese Lacquer (National Museums of Scotland Publishing, 1998), no. 18