Tray
Gallery Location
Not on View
Medium
Lacquered wood
Geography
Fuzhou, China
Date
circa 1920
Period
Republican period
Dimensions
Lt. 32 x Wt.18 cm
Object number
998.43.6
Credit Line
Gift of Lillian Hinton
Collection
Department
Art & Culture: China
Description
Rectangular wood tray lacquered dark brown. Painted decoration of two figures looking out of a window, one dressed in scholar’s robes holding a staff, the other in blue robe with light brown and blue hat. Both are looking towards a figure dressed in a pink tunic over beige pants carrying a sack over one shoulder. Sketchy landscape of a tree with coloured leaves stylised grass and a suggestion of rocks. In the centre back a bilingual stamp
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