明晚期 黑漆嵌螺鈿人物圖捧盒, Box with Scenes of a Departure, Ming dynasty (1368–1644), late 16th–early 17th century, China, Black lacquer with mother-of-pearl inlay; pewter wire, H. 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm); Diam. 9 1/8 in. (23.2 cm), Lacquer, Images of gentlemen traveling in the evening are common in Chinese pictorial lacquers, and it is possible that pearl shell was understood to be an appropriate medium for the depiction of a moonlit landscape
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明晚期 黑漆嵌螺鈿人物圖捧盬 Box, Scenes, Departure, Ming dynasty, 1368–1644, late 16th–early 17th century, China, Black lacquer, mother, pearl inlay, pewter wire, H, 3 3/4, 9.5 cm, Diam, 9 1/8, 23.2, Lacquer, Images, gentlemen traveling, evening, common, Chinese pictorial lacquers, possible, shell, understood, appropriate medium, depiction, moonlit landscape
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