Tiered box “Green Gold”
This magnificent box exemplifies high-quality contemporary Chinese lacquerware. Gan’s work has established a new standard for the traditional art, reinvigorating it with technical innovations. Preeminent among his various styles is the marbled technique known as “rhinoceros hide” (xipi), an effect achieved through the application of multiple layers of colored lacquer. The combination of green pigment and gold foil here is especially unprecedented.
Artwork Details
- 現代 甘而可製“綠金”犀皮漆多層奩盒
- Title: Tiered box “Green Gold”
- Artist: Gan Erke (Chinese, born 1955)
- Date: 2011
- Culture: China
- Medium: Wood with layers of colored lacquer and gold leaf
- Dimensions: H. 11 1/4 in. (28.6 cm); Diam. 9 3/8 in. (23.8 cm)
- Classification: Lacquer
- Credit Line: Gift of the artist, 2021
- Object Number: 2021.17a–e
- Rights and Reproduction: © Gan Erke
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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Gan Erke
2011
Chinese (Uighyur)
late 20th Century
Designer Pierre Legrain
ca. 1925
Gan Erke
2011
Chinese
17th–19th century
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