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Dish with immortals playing weiqi

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Reddish-brown octagonal dish with scalloped edge. The dish has a raised design on the inside featuring people playing weiqi in a landscape with trees. The inside of the dish is a lighter brown color than the reddish-brown of the raised design. The raised designs on the dish feature trees along the edge. The raised people and trees are reddish-brown. The dish's outside has a repeating design featuring two rows of connected oval shapes along the edge. The background of the image is gray and darkens toward the top. The dish casts a shadow on the surface below. The title of the dish is "Dish with immortals playing weiqi" by an unidentified artist.

Artwork Details

Date
1425–1436
Medium
Carved red and green lacquer
Culture
China
Dimensions
600 × 450 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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