Wine pot with figures in a landscape
While lacquer on metal is an aspect of the revival of metalworking in China during the seventeenth century, the combination of thin, tinted pieces of mother-of-pearl with gold foil derives from refinements in lacquer technology that can be dated somewhat earlier, to the late fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. An inscription on the base of this pot indicates that it was produced by, or under the supervision of, an artist named Shang Yiliang. Although details of his identity remain unclear, Shang is one of a handful of metal artists who signed their works. It is reasonable to assume that his work was well regarded, and probably collected, during his lifetime.
Artwork Details
- 清 嵌螺鈿山水人物圖鑞壺
- Title: Wine pot with figures in a landscape
- Period: Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
- Date: 18th century
- Culture: China
- Medium: Gold lacquer over pewter, inlaid with mother-of-pearl
- Dimensions: H. (incl. handle) 7 1/2 in. (19.1 cm); W. 2 3/8 in. (6 cm)
- Classification: Lacquer
- Credit Line: H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929
- Object Number: 29.100.680a, b
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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China
dated 1774
China
1713–22
Central Tibet
ca. 1700
Tibet or Mongolia
17th century
China
late 17th century
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