Square Dish, mid 16th century
Unknown artist, Chinaexpand_more
Carved red and yellow lacquer (tihong)expand_more
Gift of Ruth and Bruce Daytonexpand_more 2001.68.9
On View in Gallery 210expand_more
Lobed and scalloped lacquer forms that evolved during the Yuan dynasty (1280-1368) remained popular throughout the Ming (1368-1644). In the center of this red lacquer eight-lobed square form dish are three scholars playing a board game known as Go, a pastime popular with the learned class and became a symbol in itself of this elite group and its values. Emanating outward are an eight-lobed design carved with sprigs of lingzhi fungus on a star-patterned background as well as an outer band of flowering plants.
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- Square Dish
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- 2001.68.9
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