Tray, late 17th century
Unknown artist, Chinaexpand_more
Black lacquer with mother-of-pearl inlayexpand_more
The John R. Van Derlip Fundexpand_more 89.108
On View in Gallery 210expand_more
The technique of inlaying lacquer with mother-of-pearl dates from the Shang dynasty (1200s-900s BCE) and later hundreds of tiny pieces of thin shell were combined to create complicated pictorial scenes like the landscape illustrated here. The technique remained popular through the 1700s and was adopted outside of China by craftsmen on the Ryuku Islands (Okinawa) where native shells were particularly beautiful.
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- Title
- Tray
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- 89.108
- Curator Approved
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