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Round Box with Bird and Peonies Design
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About this work
The carved lacquer box and lobed silver container nearby both feature pairs of birds and flowers on their covers. There is a striking similarity in decoration, shape, and aesthetic appeal. Both boxes suggest that successful designs and shapes circulated among craftsmen, workshops, and beyond regional borders.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineRound Box with Bird and Peonies Design (雕漆雙綬帶鳥牡丹紋圓盒), c. 1300. China, late Southern Song (1127–1279) to early Yuan dynasty (1271–1368). Carved lacquer; overall: 21 x 40.6 cm (8 1/4 x 16 in.); lid: 8.5 x 40.6 cm (3 3/8 x 16 in.); bottom: 12.5 x 40.6 cm (4 15/16 x 16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund, 2011.34.a
