Rectangular lacquer container with plum decor, Qing dynasty (1644-1911)

Rectangular lacquer container with plum decor, Qing dynasty (1644-1911)

• Image Number: K1H000353N000000000PAF
• Dynasty: Qing dynasty
• Category: Lacquer wares
• Function: Container
• Material: Plants/Paint/
• Description:
  The box cover is slightly raised into an arc, the edge is slightly decorated into a round corner, and the shape is introverted. The box contains twenty square stone seals called “Treasure Seal Gathering”. The technique is mainly to paint on the black lacquer ground. Another shallow plate in the box is used for printing. On the plate are thick pears. Gao Shih paints calamus, gold powder with silver powder, master the posture of flowers, and cut gold on the leaves. There is an old plum outside the box and a camellia flower interspersed. The composition starts from the narrow side, the trunk stretches to the cover, and the branches slant to each side, which is ingenious and vivid.