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Plate with Peony Decoration
The collection record classifies this work as lacquer. It is dated late 1300s–early 1400s. Recorded culture or place: China, Yuan dynasty (1271-1368).
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- Museum title
- Plate with Peony Decoration
- Date
- late 1300s–early 1400s
- Culture / origin
- China, Yuan dynasty (1271-1368)
- Materials and technique
- carved cinnabar lacquer on wood
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 16.5 cm (6 1/2 in.)
- Artist / maker
- Not specified by the museum
- Museum
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Accession number
- 1977.6
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The following description is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art’s original English record.
This lacquer dish of strikingly deep red color is decorated with a dynamically carved design of three peony blossoms. Because of the complexity in lacquer production, items are often small and were seldom made for daily use. Lacquer was traditionally made using the sap of the lacquer tree found in southern China. Many successive layers of lacquer would be applied until the surface could be carved into complex geometric or figural forms. Red became the preferred color for lacquerware carvings, in part because the color has long been associated with good fortune in China.
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