明晚期 黑漆嵌螺鈿人物故事圖葵口盤, Dish with Figures in a Landscape, probably a Scene from the Romance of the West Chamber ( Xixiang Ji ), Ming dynasty (1368–1644), 16th century, China, Black lacquer with mother-of-pearl inlay, H. 1/8 in.; Diam. 10 5/8 in.(27 cm), Lacquer, The scene on this dish, which shows a gentlewoman, her maid, and two young attendants walking toward a young man hiding near a pavilion on a moonlight evening, suggests a romantic tryst. It may derive from Romance of the West Chamber, China’s most popular love story
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明晚期 黑漆嵌螺鈿人物故事圖葵口盤, Dish, Figures, Landscape, Scene, Romance, West Chamber, Xixiang Ji, Ming dynasty, 1368–1644, 16th century, China, Black lacquer, mother, pearl inlay, H, 1/8, Diam, 10 5/8, 27 cm, Lacquer, scene, dish, gentlewoman, maid, two young, attendants, walking, young man, hiding, pavilion, moonlight evening, romantic tryst, derive, popular love, story
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