Round Box with Bird and Peonies Design
A circular carved lacquer lid, seen face-on, is worked in dense relief with peony blossoms and leafy scrolls. Two long-tailed birds, likely phoenixes, move through the foliage, and a band of spiral scrolls frames the rim.
Look closer: Small rounded knot or motif of carved foliage near the lower right of the central field, partly in shadow.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- c. 1300
- Medium
- carved lacquer
- Source
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Size
- 3400 × 3273 px
Public domain · The Cleveland Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1310).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Cleveland Museum of Art Open Access, share_license_status=CC0)
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Cleveland Museum of Art Open Access, share_license_status=CC0)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund