Lozenge-shaped dish with cloud-and-ruyi decor. Carved red lacquerware. Ming dynasty, 16th century

Lozenge-shaped dish with cloud-and-ruyi decor. Carved red lacquerware. Ming dynasty, 16th century

• Image Number: K1H000560N000000000PAB
• Dynasty: Ming dynasty
• Category: Lacquer wares
• Function: Container
• Material: Plants/Paint/
• Description:
  The disc is made of four curves, sharp corners, rhombus shaped, and round feet. The plate surface is carved with Ruyi cloud head patterns, arranged neatly and densely. The red paint layer is thick, and the oblique knife carving is smooth. A layer of black paint can be seen on the slope of the decorative lines. The outer wall of the plate is carved with curly grass patterns, which is also a black line between Zhu. The feet were painted with black paint, and the central vermilion paint was written in official script: “Lixi”, with a yellow sticker on the right, and regular script:. This kind of carved lacquer technique with patterns of hook cloud pattern, hui pattern, double circle pattern and vine pattern is called “picking rhinoceros”.