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Dish with auspicious symbols
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Jiajing, Emperor of China (ruled 1522 - 1567) (named on object)
- Material and technique
- wood, covered in red and black lacquer, with carved decoration
- Dimensions
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16.7 cm (height)
16.7 cm max. (diameter)
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Presented by E. H. North, 1966.
- Accession no.
- EA1966.1
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Further reading
Impey, O. R., and M. Tregear, Oriental Lacquer: Chinese and Japanese Lacquer from the Ashmolean Museum Collections (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 1983), no. 2 on p. viii, illus. p. 2
Glossary
lacquer
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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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- currently in research collection
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Oriental Lacquer: Chinese and Japanese Lacquer from the Ashmolean Collections
Foliated dish, carved red lacquer. The central panel bears the character 'Shou' for long life and the eight panels of the border each bears a flying crane in clouds with a good luck emblem in its beak. The reverse of the dish, also eight panelled, is decorated with lotus and the eight Buddhist emblems of good fortune. An incised mark inlaid with gold gives the reign mark of Chia Ching (1522-1567) of the Ming dynasty.
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