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Lacquer bowl with a phoenix amid peonies
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Details
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- Date
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16th century (1501 - 1600)
Ming Dynasty (1368 - 1644)
- Material and technique
- wood, covered in red lacquer, with carved decoration
- Dimensions
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9.5 cm (height)
20.5 cm (diameter)
at foot 10.8 cm (diameter)
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- Credit line
- Presented by E. H. North, 1964.
- Accession no.
- EA1964.74
Glossary (2)
lacquer, phoenix
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lacquer
Chinese and Japanese lacquer is made from the sap of the lacquer tree, which is indigenous to Eastern China. It is applied to wood as a varnish or for decorative effect. In India and the Middle East, lacquer is made from the deposit of the lac insect.
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phoenix
Mythical bird known as hōō in Japan. The Islamic tradition appropriated the far-eastern iconography of the phoenix and used it to represent another mythical bird, the simurgh.
Location
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Second floor | Room 38 | China from 800
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Second floor | Room 38 | China from 800
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