Winter Landscape Lacquer Tray

This 19th-century tray has a simple rectangular form with low sides and rounded corners. A black lacquer finish cloaks the exterior and offers the perfect canvas for a quiet winter landscape painting. Brushed atop a printed backdrop, the wintery scene depicts a small cabin tucked within a snowy riverbank and a towering pagoda in the distance. Tall leafless trees bisect the melancholy setting, backed by grey skies.

From the collection of Frances and Gary Comer.

Tray has minor restorations to peeling of lacquer at the edges.