Wickerwork Box
1609
Maker Unknown
Chinese Art
Wickerwork Box, 1609. China, Ming dynasty (1368-1644), Wanli reign (1572-1620). Lacquered wickerwork (of woven bamboo) framed in wood with circular scene inlaid in mother-of-pearl and gold; overall: 7.7 x 13.8 cm (3 1/16 x 5 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Edward L. Whittemore Fund 1965.30
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Lacquer
- Formatted Medium
- lacquered wickerwork (of woven bamboo) framed in wood with circular scene inlaid in mother-of-pearl and gold
- Medium
- lacquered, wickerwork, woven, bamboo, framed, wood, circular, scene, inlaid, mother-of-pearl, gold
- Dimensions
- Overall: 7.7 x 13.8 cm (3 1/16 x 5 7/16 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: Inscription at bottom in red on black lacquer reads: "commissioned by Yü-Yün-ch'i".
- Departments
- Chinese Art
- Accession Number
- 1965.30
- Credit Line
- Edward L. Whittemore Fund
- Exhibitions
- Year in Review: 1965, <em>The Sumptuous Basket: Chinese Lacquer with Basketry Panels. </em>China House Gallery, New York, NY (March 27-June 3, 1985).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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