Set of boxes
The smaller painted and gilded boxes nestled into this carved container were intended to hold treasured items. Although sets like this one were popular, it is unusual to find an outer box and its smaller components together.
Artwork Details
- 清晚期 剔紅纏枝花卉紋漆盒
- Title: Set of boxes
- Period: Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
- Date: 19th century
- Culture: China
- Medium: Carved red lacquer; interior boxes painted and gilded
- Dimensions: H. 3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm); W. 9 in. (22.9 cm); D. 5 3/4 in. (14.6 cm)
- Classification: Lacquer
- Credit Line: Gift of Florence and Herbert Irving, 2015
- Object Number: 2015.500.1.105a–m
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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