A distinct group of extraordinarily fine carved lacquers known as “two bird” dishes were produced in China during the Yuan Dynasty (1279–1368). Based upon the method of carving and construction, this example is believed to date from the first half of the fourteenth century. During this time black lacquer was deeply carved to expose a background of ocher lacquer below a thin layer of red lacquer. This tray was originally owned by Buddhist monks and later used by tea ceremony enthusiasts in Japan.
Details
Artist | Chinese |
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Date | between 1300 and 1350 |
Medium | Lacquer on wood |
Dimensions | Overall: 1 1/2 × 11 1/2 inches (3.8 × 29.2 cm) |
Credit Line | Founders Society Purchase, Stoddard Fund for Asian Art and funds from the Gerald W. Chamberlin Foundation, Inc. |
Accession Number | 80.25 |
Department | Asian Art |
Not On View |
Provenance
Klaus F. Naumann;
1980-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
1980-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
Published References
Bulletin of the DIA 58, no. 4. (1980): p. 191 (ill.).
Bulletin of the DIA 59, no. 2/3. (1981): (cover ill.); pp. 66-74, p. 66 (ill.).
"Family Art Game," Detroit News. April 14, 1985, p. 27 (ill.). [DIA Advertising Supplement.]
DIA. 100 Masterworks from the Detroit Institute of Arts. New York, 1985, p. 52, 53 (ill.).
Mitchell, S.W. "The Asian Collection at the Detroit Institute of Arts," Orientations, vol. 13, no. 5. (May 1982): pp. 14-36, (fig. 12).
Mitchell, S. "A portfolio of East Asian lacquers," Apollo, vol. 124, no. 298. (December 1986): p. 75 (ill.).
High Tea: Glorious Manifestations East and West. Exh. cat., Norton Museum of Art. West Palm Beach, Florida, 2014, p. 144.
Bulletin of the DIA 59, no. 2/3. (1981): (cover ill.); pp. 66-74, p. 66 (ill.).
"Family Art Game," Detroit News. April 14, 1985, p. 27 (ill.). [DIA Advertising Supplement.]
DIA. 100 Masterworks from the Detroit Institute of Arts. New York, 1985, p. 52, 53 (ill.).
Mitchell, S.W. "The Asian Collection at the Detroit Institute of Arts," Orientations, vol. 13, no. 5. (May 1982): pp. 14-36, (fig. 12).
Mitchell, S. "A portfolio of East Asian lacquers," Apollo, vol. 124, no. 298. (December 1986): p. 75 (ill.).
High Tea: Glorious Manifestations East and West. Exh. cat., Norton Museum of Art. West Palm Beach, Florida, 2014, p. 144.