Sujet
Chased silver covered box, Southern Song-Yuan dynasty, China, 13th century. Artist: Unknown
Légende
Chased silver covered box, Southern Song-Yuan dynasty, China, 13th century. A circular, chased silver covered box of Song to early Ming lacquer shape. The box is decorated on the top with numerous ladies and attendants engaged in various pursuits in a garden setting, their hair accentutated with silver sulphide niello. The curved sides show birds amid prunus, chrysanthemum and other flowers. The base section with egrets in a lotus pond in various positions chasing fish, one of which is trying to hide. One of the ladies is playing a pipa held half-way between the vertical and horizontal positions.
Bath (England), The Museum of East Asian Art
Date
1200
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images
Notre référence
HRM19B72_226
Model release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
17,9Mo (967,2Ko) / 18,8cm x 24,0cm / 2215 x 2832 (300dpi)