Box with camellias
The lacquer body is built on a red-orange ground and has a thin layer of lacquer near the top that outlines the camellia blossoms and leaves in red, an allusion to the color of this flower that blooms around the Chinese New Year. As is typical of the thirteenth century, there is little overlapping of leaves and petals, and much of the ground is exposed. The lack of incisions to indicate the veins of the petals and leaves is another thirteenth-century characteristic.
Artwork Details
- 南宋 雕漆剔黑山茶紋盒
- Title: Box with camellias
- Period: Southern Song dynasty (1127–1279)
- Date: 13th century
- Culture: China
- Medium: Carved black and red lacquer
- Dimensions: H. 1 3/16 in. (3 cm); Diam. 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm)
- Classification: Lacquer
- Credit Line: Gift of Florence and Herbert Irving, 2015
- Object Number: 2015.500.1.16a, b
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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ca. 13th–early 14th century
14th century
14th century
14th century
Attributed to Zhang Cheng (active mid-14th century)
mid-14th century
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