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Of circular form with straight sides, both the box and the cover are carved with lychees on leafy stems against a rosette diaper ground. The fruits are decorated with a variety of diapers. The interior is lacquered black.
Box
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Box

Artist Chinese Artist
Datelate Ming dynasty (1368-1644), 16th-17th century
Place of originChina, Asia
MediumLacquer
DimensionsHeight x Diameter: 1 7/16 x 2 7/8 in. (3.7 x 7.3 cm)
ClassificationsFurnishings and Equipment
Credit LineBequest of Dr. David A. Cofrin
Object number2009.48.132
Collections
Visual DescriptionOf circular form with straight sides, both the box and the cover are carved with lychees on leafy stems against a rosette diaper ground. The fruits are decorated with a variety of diapers. The interior is lacquered black.
A fine cinnabar lacquer box and cover of flat cylindrical form, the box and cover carved in relief with sprays of leafy lychee branches laden with fruit on a geometric ground diaper. The fruit carved with five different diapers, and the interior lacquered black.
Box and Cover
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Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), 15th-16th century
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Jar
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Chinese Artist
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Smoking Pipe (Gombangdae） 곰방대 煙管
Smoking Pipe (Gombangdae）
곰방대
煙管
Korean Artist 작자미상 作者未詳
Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910), 19th century
Top with chrysanthemum, diaper design (petals) along outer edge alternating with patterns
Covered Box
Vietnamese
Le-Mac dynasty (1428-1682)
A print split horizontally. The upper section features two sketches of a youth wearing a leafy wreath holding grapes, above two peach-colored fruits. The dark lower panel contains a chaotic grouping of deeply shaded, skeletal, and flayed figures. The image of the youth is after Caravaggio.
Bacchino Malato
Jiri Anderle
1984

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