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Place of origin

China (made)

Filled-in lacquer, the central panel of brown lacquer filled in with red, green, buff, magenta and other shades with outlines incised in gold, decorated with a five-clawed winged dragon, a shou 壽 character emerging from its mouth, among clouds and floral scrolls and above rocks and waves. The border of red lacquer with the eight musical instruments. Underneath a continuous fungus scroll on a red ground. Six-character mark of 'Jiajing' on the black base.
Note: Formerly in the Bruce Collection.

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Object type	Dish
Brief description	Dish, filled-in polychrome lacquer and gold, China, 1522-66
Physical description	Filled-in lacquer, the central panel of brown lacquer filled in with red, green, buff, magenta and other shades with outlines incised in gold, decorated with a five-clawed winged dragon, a shou 壽 character emerging from its mouth, among clouds and floral scrolls and above rocks and waves. The border of red lacquer with the eight musical instruments. Underneath a continuous fungus scroll on a red ground. Six-character mark of 'Jiajing' on the black base. Note: Formerly in the Bruce Collection.
Dimensions	Diameter: 38.1cm
Style	Jiajing
Credit line	Gift of Sir Harry and Lady Garner
Bibliographic references	Exhibition: 'Chinese and Associated Lacquer from the Garner Collection', The British Museum, October 2- December 2, 1973. Catalogue No. 166 (Plate 72). Garner, Harry (1979) Chinese Lacquer, London-Boston: Faber and Faber, p.186, pl. 131
Collection	East Asia Collection
Accession number	FE.87-1974

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Record created	June 25, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O495646/dish/

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