Wine Pot with Figures in a Landscape, Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 18th century, China, Gold lacquer over pewter, inlaid with mother-of-pearl, H. (incl. handle) 7 1/2 in. (19.1 cm); W. 2 3/8 in. (6 cm), Lacquer, While lacquer on metal is an aspect of the revival of metalworking in China during the seventeenth century, the combination of thin, tinted pieces of mother-of-pearl with gold foil derives from refinements in lacquer technology that can be dated somewhat earlier, to the late fifteenth and sixteenth centuries
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Wine Pot, Figures, Landscape, Qing dynasty, 1644–1911, 18th century, China, Gold lacquer, pewter, inlaid, mother, pearl, H, incl, handle, 7 1/2, 19.1 cm, W, 2 3/8, 6, Lacquer, lacquer, metal, aspect, revival, metalworking, seventeenth, combination, thin, tinted pieces, gold foil, derives, refinements, lacquer technology, dated somewhat, earlier, late fifteenth, sixteenth centuries
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