Plate in the Form of a Plum Blossom
1368-1644
Maker Unknown
Asian Art
This cinnabar red plate in the form of a five-petal plum blossom is an example of Ming dynasty carved lacquer. In the finely detailed design, two scholars and a servant are seen on their way to visit two other scholars seated in the windows of a building built over water.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Food/Drink
- Formatted Medium
- Lacquer
- Medium
- lacquer
- Locations
- Place made: China
- Dynasty
- Ming Dynasty
- Period
- Ming Dynasty
- Dimensions
- 7 3/8 in. (18.7 cm)
- Departments
- Asian Art
- Accession Number
- 79.81
- Credit Line
- Gift of Cynthia Hazen Polsky
- Exhibitions
- Lacquer: A Panorama of Asian Decorative Arts
- Rights Statement
- Creative Commons-BY
- Museum Location
- Asian Galleries, West, 2nd floor (China)
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