Artwork

Chinese brush container decorated with flower and butterfly

: The opening of the conch is connected with a silver-based enamel case inlaid with precious...

: Made for holding stick incense, this bamboo vessel has openwork carving to facilitate the release...

: This traveling box for a packsaddle belongs to a class of objects that originated in the...

Late Ming Dynasty

Height: 15.2cm

Diameter of mouth: 15.2cm

Hundred-Treasure Inlays

Hundred-Treasure Inlays

Hundred-Treasure Inlays

A technique appearing in the Ming Dynasty, hundred-treasure inlays introduced a new lacquer species with distinctive characteristics of that time.

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Alms-bowl with a scene of seven deities

Alms-bowl with a scene of seven deities

Middle Qing Dynasty
Height: 13cm
Diameter of mouth: 14cm
Circular box with a scene of plum blossoms and bird

Circular box with a scene of plum blossoms and bird

Middle Qing Dynasty
Height: 18cm
Diameter of mouth: 47cm
Round box decorated with plum blossoms and butterfly

Round box decorated with plum blossoms and butterfly

Late Ming Dynasty
Height: 4.3cm
Diameter of mouth: 11cm

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