Description Box and cover of red lacquered wood, circular and carved with two two long-tailed phoenixes chasing a flaming pearl among ruyi-shaped clouds on the cover, ruyi-shaped cloud pattern on sides and footring with a band of continuous key-fret with phoenixes above: China, Ming dynasty, Hongwu period, 1368 - 1398 Museum reference A.1965.544 Collection World Culture Object name Box Production information China, East Asia Date 1368 - 1398 Style / Culture Hongwu reign, Ming Dynasty, Chinese Materials Wood, Lacquer Physical description Carved red 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 17 Hu, Shih-chang, Chinese Lacquer (National Museums of Scotland Publishing, 1998), no. 13
Description Box and cover of red lacquered wood, circular and carved with two two long-tailed phoenixes chasing a flaming pearl among ruyi-shaped clouds on the cover, ruyi-shaped cloud pattern on sides and footring with a band of continuous key-fret with phoenixes above: China, Ming dynasty, Hongwu period, 1368 - 1398 Museum reference A.1965.544 Collection World Culture Object name Box Production information China, East Asia Date 1368 - 1398 Style / Culture Hongwu reign, Ming Dynasty, Chinese Materials Wood, Lacquer Physical description Carved red 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 17 Hu, Shih-chang, Chinese Lacquer (National Museums of Scotland Publishing, 1998), no. 13