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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
Museum record:
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