Wall plaque of a baluster vase with lotus and bat design and cicada motif on neck
Maker
Unidentified artist
Datelate 18th-19th century
MediumCarved red cinnabar lacquer, with fitted flat brass back on stand
DimensionsHeight: 6 1/2 inches (16.5 cm)
CultureChina
ClassificationsDecorative Arts
Credit LineGift of Leverett S. Woodworth, MD 1926, and Iris L. Woodworth
Terms
- Decorative Arts
- Chinese
- with fitted flat brass back
- Animals
- Bats
- Cicadas
- Geometric patterns
- Hexagons
- Insects
- Lotus flowers
- Lotuses
- Plant-derived motifs
- Plants
- Spirals
- Symbols
- Vessels - Vases
- stand
Object number81.049.009
Collections
AD 1000-1470
Unidentified artist
ca. 1000–1350