元 朱面剔犀香草紋漆盒, Incense box with “fragrant grass” design, Yuan dynasty (1271–1368), 14th century, China, Carved black, red, and yellow lacquer, H. 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm); Diam. 3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm), Lacquer, Carved lacquers in which a predominant color—in this case red—is interspersed with black, yellow, and sometimes green, were common in the late thirteenth and the fourteenth centuries. The additional colors add subtlety and a richness not found in lacquer with a single-color covering produced in later periods
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元 朱面剔犀香草紋漆盬 Incense box, fragrant grass, design, Yuan dynasty, 1271–1368, 14th century, China, Carved black, red, yellow lacquer, H, 1 1/4, 3.2 cm, Diam, 3 3/8, 8.6, Lacquer, lacquers, predominant color—, case red—, interspersed, black, yellow, sometimes green, common, late thirteenth, fourteenth centuries, additional colors, add, subtlety, richness, lacquer, single-color covering, produced, later periods
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