Round box with lotus decor, carved red lacquerware, Ming dynasty, 15th century-China Archive

Image Number: K1H000381N000000000PAB
Dynasty: Ming dynasty
Category: Lacquer wares
Function: Container
Material: Plants/Paint/
Description:
The curved round box is painted with black paint inside. The box lid and the box body are decorated in the same way. The box is in the shape of a lotus flower looking down. The center of the box is a hexagonal lotus heart, with a lotus seed inside and a male core filament outside. The anthers are connected like a flower ring, and the outer part is made of peach shaped petals. The hearts between the petals are like overlapping petals, which are neat and flexible. The paint color is ruddy, the paint layer is solid, and the paint layer is thick. There is a black line near the bottom on the side of the paint layer. The knife technique is deep and neat, and the paint surface and the turning point are polished smoothly. The lotus flower is taken as the shape, abstracting the relationship between the petals overlapping. The shape is creative, and the whole device is round and full.