Games Box
CultureChinese
Dateearly 19th century
MediumLacquer wood with gilding
DimensionsOverall: 5 1/2 × 15 × 12 inches (13.97 × 38.1 × 30.48 cm)
Credit LineGift of Marion and Henry Bloch
Object number2019.20.5.1-28
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DescriptionAn elongated octagon shaped games box made of gilt-decorated lacquerware. The top of the box is decorated with a central landscape scene. In the foreground is a grouping of figures, and what appears to be a processional from a large architectural structure in the proper left-foreground. Additional architectural elements are shown on the proper-right side in linear perspective and fade into the distant landscape. A dense border of wavy dragons extend the picture plane. The edge of the box top is decorated with a smaller border of dense floarl and landscape scenes.
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