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Fragment of a Lacquered Table Top (attached to a modern, four-legged stand)

Fragment of a Lacquered Table Top (attached to a modern, four-legged stand)

Chinese

Red-lacquer-coated wood, the designs painted in black, green, and ochre lacquers on the red-lacquer ground. Probably made in Sichuan province; probably recovered at Lelang (also spelled Lo-lang; Korean, Naknang), near T'o-sông-ni, southwest of P'yôngyang, Korea. Attached to a reconstructed gilt wood stand.

Han dynasty, Eastern Han period, 25-220 CE

Furniture