Description
Chrysanthemum-shaped dish of red lacquered wood with qiangjin and tianqi, decorated with a full-face five-clawed dragon holding aloft a roundel inscribed with the character shou: China, Ming dynasty, Jiajing period, 1522 - 1566
Museum reference
A.1956.1369
Collection
World Culture
Object name
Dish
Production information
China, East Asia
Date
1521 - 1567
Style / Culture
Jiajing reign, Ming Dynasty, Chinese
Materials
Lacquer
Physical description
Red lacquer with qiangjin and tianqi
Associations
Depicted: Mount Meru
References
Hu, Shih-chang, Chinese Lacquer (National Museums of Scotland Publishing, 1998), no. 35