Cover Panel for a Tihong

Colors in this work

Artist: Unknown artist
Date: 1585
Medium: carved cinnabar lacquer
Origin: China, Ming dynasty (1368-1644), Wanli reign (1572-1620)
Department: Chinese Art
Holding institution: Cleveland Museum of Art
Palette: Iron Rosette · Red family · #903933 · 45%

Sooted Timber · Brown family · #431512 · 12%

Burnt Umber Ground · Brown family · #60221F · 9%

Terra Sigillata Red · Red family · #AD5852 · 8%

Burnt Umber Ground · Brown family · #613531 · 6%

Roman Brick Earth · Brown family · #783E3A · 5%

Sooted Timber · Brown family · #230603 · 5%

Shell Cameo · Pink family · #C1736B · 4%

Madder Lake · Red family · #A52D29 · 3%

Sooted Timber · Brown family · #432A24 · 2%

Plaster Rose · Pink family · #E5AEA5 · 2%

Slate Night · Black family · #342730 · <1%

Burnt Sienna Wall · Orange family · #823C23 · <1%

Olive Ground · Yellow family · #7B6233 · <1%

Lampblack · Black family · #010400 · <1%

Graphite Block · Gray family · #4C524E · <1%

Aged Vellum · Yellow family · #F5F5D2 · <1%

Sooted Timber · Brown family · #370000 · <1%

Select a color to find related artworks.
Image provider: cleveland-museum-of-art
License: CC0-1.0
Credit: Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund

9 tags

Hybrids and Imaginary Creatures Visual · 99%

Several elongated, scaled, horned, and clawed dragon-like creatures dominate the central scene.
Flora Visual · 97%

Flowering branches, blossoms, and curling botanical stems appear throughout the outer field and corners.
Water Visual · 98%

Repeated horizontal and curving wave lines fill much of the central field around the dragons.

Highly Ornamented Visual · 99%

The surface is densely filled with repeated floral, cloud, wave, and border ornament, leaving little undecorated space.
Dense Composition Visual · 98%

The central enclosure and surrounding borders form a tightly packed, continuous decorative field.

Carving Both · 99%

The catalog specifies carved cinnabar lacquer, and the image clearly shows extensive carved and incised surface work.
Relief Visual · 99%

Raised and recessed forms create a pronounced relief across the panel, including the dragons, floral motifs, waves, and borders.

16th Century Art Metadata · 99%

The catalog dates the object to 1585, placing it in the sixteenth century.

Chinese Art Metadata · 99%

The catalog identifies the place of origin as China, during the Ming dynasty.

Unknown artist. Cover Panel for a Tihong. Cleveland Museum of Art.