COLLECTION NAME:
National Palace English
Record
Work ID:
M01Q00009
Title:
Album-style boxwood folding screen with interior frames of redwood, featuring decorations of assorted auspicious and well-wishing motifs
Creation Date:
Qing Dynasty
Start Year Date:
A.D.1644
End Year Date:
A.D.1911
Dynasty:
63 Qing Dynasty (A.D. 1644~1911)
Creation Place:
China
Measurements:
Length: 16.25 cm; Width(head): 13.15 cm; Thickness: 1.85 cm; Weight: 329.5g
Material:
Redwood
Form:
Jing (mirror)
Type:
Wood and Bamboo Carvings
Repository:
The National Palace Museum, Taipei
Description:
This mirror case is made of two leaves of red elm wood connected in the style of bookbinding, a technique which dates back to Tang dynasty. The inner part of the leaves is attached with a piece of yellow poplar wood. The right leaf is decorated with a picture in the middle, and the sides are decorated with the fretted pattern, a persimmon plant, flower, and a butterfly. The picture bears the name, "the auspicious picture." The picture is composed of a two-platform table with the fretted pattern on the legs. On the higher platform, there is a vase with day-lilies and purple asters. On the other platform, there is a fruit plate with peaches and Buddhist hands (a citric tangerine). A Ruyi lies on front of the table. Next to the table, there is a birdcage with the scarlet bird (finch) in it. The left leaf is inlaid with a mirror whose silver plate is chipping.
ImageV ID:
M01Q00009AS001
Rights:
Lee & Lee Communications