Covered Tray
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Object Label
The top of this covered tray is decorated with a complex painting of palace buildings in a landscape setting, rendered in various colors and gold on a black lacquer ground. Inside the cover is an inscription reading Jie Ji, the name of a lacquer manufacturing studio.
Caption
Covered Tray, 1368–1644. Lacquer and basketry, 4 1/2 x 12 3/4 x 21 in. (11.4 x 32.4 x 53.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. John P. Lyden, 83.168.3. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Gallery
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Collection
Title
Covered Tray
Date
1368–1644
Dynasty
Ming Dynasty
Period
Ming Dynasty
Geography
Place made: China
Medium
Lacquer and basketry
Classification
Dimensions
4 1/2 x 12 3/4 x 21 in. (11.4 x 32.4 x 53.3 cm)
Inscriptions
Inside the cover is an inscription reading Jie ji; the name of a lacquer manufacturing studio.
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. John P. Lyden
Accession Number
83.168.3
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