Sixteen-lobed box

Medium

Polychrome lacquer with filled-in and engraved gold decoration

Dimensions

H. 7 1/4 in. (18.4 cm)l Diam. 18 in. (45.7 cm)

Classification

Lacquer

Culture & Period

China · Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Qianlong period (1736–95)

Department

Asian Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Florence and Herbert Irving, 2015

Accession Number

2015.500.1.77a, b