Cabinet with figures in a landscape
This two-door cabinet appears to be two separate boxes held together by gilt-bronze handles but it is actually a single piece. Six side panels represent figures along a riverbank and on a garden terrace with hills receding in the distance. Deer adorn the tops of the two drawers. The sharp, precise carving of the red lacquer is characteristic of Qianlong workshops, as is the deeply carved background of brocade patterns.
Artwork Details
- 清乾隆 剔紅山水人物紋漆箱
- Title: Cabinet with figures in a landscape
- Period: Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Qianlong period (1736–95)
- Date: 18th century
- Culture: China
- Medium: Carved red lacquer; gilt bronze fittings
- Dimensions: H. 13 in. (33 cm); W. 7 7/8 in. (20 cm); L. 35.9 in. (35.9 cm)
- Classification: Lacquer
- Credit Line: Gift of Florence and Herbert Irving, 2015
- Object Number: 2015.500.1.10a–e
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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17th century
18th century
late 17th–18th century
early 17th century
Accession Number: 81.1.625a, b
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