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Item number Edz1005 a-b from the MOA: University of British Columbia.

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Description

A small rectangular wood red lacquer box (part a) with a fitted lid (part b). Black lacquer under the base, and inside. The sides of the box (part a), and lid (part b) are flush when closed with both having a continuous fret pattern around the sides. The top of the lid (part b) is carved with a scene of an old man, and a boy with trees, and rocks with an overall incised background patterning of rectangles on the sky, and hexagons on the ground.

History Of Use

Lacquer ware is produced from the refined sap of the lac tree, applied in layers over a base of wood or cloth, each layer being polished. Refined lacquer ware was being made in China by the Han Dynasty (206 B.C.E. - 220 C.E.). Carved lacquer is particularly characteristic of Chinese work.