Lidded lacquer box

Southeast Asian Collection

Accession Nr.: 3787.1-2
Type: object for daily use; lacquers
Date of production:
between 1861 − 1867
Place of production:
Acquisition: collection of Ferenc Hopp
Materials/Techniques: wood, lacquer
Dimensions: diameter: 11. 2 cm
Embossed, spherical shaped red and gold lacquer piece on a round pedestal.. The decoration is distinctly Chinese. On the lid are a woman sitting in a garden holding a fan and a man leaning on a book case, with a wreath of four-petalled flowers, vines and leaves, two butterflies and two crickets on the sides. Flowery branches appear at the bottom. The rim is gilded where the lid meets the base. The interior is undecorated with black lacquer.