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Ming lacquer table
Artist: Artist not known
Location: Victoria and Albert Museum
Date: 1400 - 1420
Materials: 'incised gold' lacquer on a wood core
Dimensions: 28 x 94 x 41 cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £10,500 (Total: £42,000)
Vendor: Nicholas Grindley
Review number: 3937 (1993)
Provenance:
With Bluett & Sons Ltd.; with Nicholas Grindley.
Description:
It is covered overall in red lacquer which is then decorated in the 'qiang jin' incised gold technique, whereby the pattern is incised with a sharp point and subsequently filled in with gold leaf.
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