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Round red carved cinnabar lacquer box with lid, decorated with relief landscape scenes of small figures, trees and buildings.

Cinnabar Lacquer 'Scholar in Landscape' Box and Cover

A round, lidded box covered in deeply carved red cinnabar lacquer. The lid and sides show landscape scenes with small figures among trees, rocks, and architecture, cut in layered relief against a textured ground. The carving is dense and detailed across the whole surface.

Artist
Unknown
Date
Qing dynasty (1644–1911), Qianlong reign mark and period (1736–1795)
Medium
Carved cinnabar lacquer
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
1686 × 1454 px
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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1911).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Stanley Herzman in memory of Gladys Wolfson Herzman

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