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Bowl “Red Gold”

Gan Erke Chinese
2011
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 221
Gan is a renowned lacquer artist from Huizhou (Anhui province), a traditional center for producing scholars’ objects. His “rhinoceros hide” (xipi) marbled-lacquer creations are particularly esteemed. This bowl demonstrates the colorful technique.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • 現代 甘而可製“紅金斑”犀皮漆碗
  • Title: Bowl “Red Gold”
  • Artist: Gan Erke (Chinese, born 1955)
  • Date: 2011
  • Culture: China
  • Medium: Wood with layers of colored lacquer and gold leaf, gold rim
  • Dimensions: H. 2 1/2 in. (6 cm); Diam. 4 7/8 in. (12.4 cm)
  • Classification: Lacquer
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Friends of Asian Art Gifts, 2021
  • Object Number: 2021.3
  • Rights and Reproduction: © Gan Erke
  • Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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