Round covered box, wood with thick red lacquer

Object Details

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Luxury and Luminosity: Visual Culture and the Ming Court (July 3, 2004 to June 26, 2005)

  Japanese and Chinese Lacquer (September 22, 1982 to June 30, 1983)

  Ming Dynasty Paintings (December 4, 1978 to June 14, 1979)

  Chinese and Japanese Art--Lacquer and Paintings (August 18, 1967 to October 14, 1969)

• Origin

  China

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Container

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

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• Date

  1500s, 1400s

• Place

  China

• Topic

  Art, Peony, Chinese Art, Lacquer, Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644), Qilin

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Containers