Tray with a Barbed Rim and Decoration of Five Dragons Pursuing Flaming Pearls Against Rolling Waves
Artist
Unknown
CultureChinese | Qing Dynasty
Date18th - 19th century
MediumCut lacquer
DimensionsOverall: 1 1/2 x 14 1/2 in. (3.8 x 36.8 cm)
InscribedBrass plate set into reverse with mark in seal charachers of Ta Qing Shun nian ehi (1644-1661).
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number71.2583
Not on view
DescriptionA shaped cinnabar cut-lacquer tray with a brass mounted rim (added later). Below the brass rim lays a red rim on the interior edge. There are five dragons in high relief which have five talons on each clawed arm. Two dragons are facing each other on the top and two dragons are facing each other on the bottom, while the fifth dragon in the middle is facing the viewer. In the center on the bottom of the tray is a mountain. The background behind the dragons is made up of horizontal lines slightly arched to create clouds and sky. There are also three flaming pearls in a linear formation positioned in the center of the tray and spaced in between the dragons.
Unknown
18th-19th century
