Collection
Lobed Tray
| Lobed Tray |
| with design of landscape with pavilions and figures in carved cinnabar lacquer Chinese, Ming dynasty, 16th century Gift of Ii Family |
The design represents structures, figures and flowering plants such as peonies, citruses and gardenias in an idealized landscape. It is carved on a surface coated with multiple layers of cinnabar lacquer, in a Chinese carved lacquer technique known in Japan as tsuishu.
