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Lac Burgaute dish with abalone mother-of-pearl
Lac Burgaute dish with abalone mother-of-pearl
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Lac Burgaute dish with abalone mother-of-pearl and gold inlays Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (probably 1680-1700)
Short title
Lac Burgaute dish with abalone mother-of-pearl
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BATEA : 322
Simple name
dish
Classified name
lacquer; Qing; dish; Kangxi; mother of pearl; gold; inlay; landscape; China; figure; moonlight; black; square;
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A square lac burgaute dish with pared corners. The mother-of-pearl of abalone shell type and gold sheet inlays depicting a scholar with his attendant watching a winding stream under a rocky cliff with three protruding branches in the moonlight. The borders are decorated with diapers.
Description material
lacquer & mother-of-pearl & gold
Description condition
good
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body
black
"decoration
purple, green, and silvery abalone mother of pearl (haliotis tuberculator) and gold inlays"
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Description length
10.7cn
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10.7cm
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Description inscription
10 character two stanzas poem by the Tang poet Wang Wei on reverse in mother-of-pearl inlay, which can be translated as 'the bright moon shines amongst the pine trees, the clear stream flows on the rocks'.
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Gallery 2
Production date
1662 = 1722
Production period
Qing-Kangxi
Production place
China
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