Lobed dish with metal rim

Object Details

• Description

  Brownish red; low, well-made foot; dark brown inside foot and on base, with four character mark in red in center.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

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

  Chinese Album Leaves and Lacquer (February 22, 1971 to November 22, 1971)

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

• Origin

  China

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Vessel

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Date

  900s, 1200s

• Place

  China

• Topic

  Art, Inscriptions, Song dynasty (960 - 1279), Chinese Art, Lacquer

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)