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A LARGE MOTHER-OF-PEARL-INLAID AND
GILT-LACQUERED BOX AND COVER
Probably Ryukyu Islands, 17th/18th century
The box of circular form with a flattened cover,
finely decorated on the exterior cover and sides
with a profusion of multi-shaped ‘flower-balls’
arranged asymmetrically, some freely floating, others
overlapping in small clusters of two to five blooms,
all carefully inlaid in mother-of-pearl and connected
by leafy tendrils on a brown lacquer ground
embellished with gilt flecks, the interior lacquered red.
35.9cm (14 1/8in) diam. (2).
£800 - 1,200
CNY7,200 - 11,000
Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve.
本拍品不設底價

或琉球國，十七/十八世紀 黑漆描金嵌螺鈿團花蓋盒

Compare with a related mother-of-pearl-inlaid
lacquer box and cover, Wanli mark and period, in
the Collection of Mr and Mrs Fritz Low-Beer, New
York, illustrated by R.S.Jenyns and W.Watson,
Chinese Art: The Minor Arts, London, 1963, p.367,
no.174.

276 By the early Qing dynasty, the roundels became less
stylised and more freely rendered as flowers defined
by petals radiating or spiralling from a centre; one
such example is in the Palace Museum, Beijing,
mid Qing dynasty, illustrated in Lacquerware in the
Collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing, 2012,
no.252. Another related black lacquer and mother-
of-pearl box, mid Qing dynasty, is illustrated by
Chen Lihua, Many Splendors: Yuan, Ming and Qing
Lacquerware from the Chao Collection, Beijing,
2010, no.106.

277
A HARDWOOD CARVING OF AN OFFICIAL
17th/18th century
The bearded figure wearing a hat and flowing belted
robes with voluminous sleeves, holding a wrapped
object, the hands concealed beneath the robes, the
cap, hair and terminal of the sash with traces of gilt
lacquer.
17.5cm (6 7/8in) high.
£1,000 - 1,500
CNY9,000 - 14,000
Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve.
本拍品不設底價

十七/十八世紀 木雕文官立像

Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger
Keverne Ltd., Winter Exhibition, London, 2011,
no.98

展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《冬季展覽》，
倫敦，2011年，編號98

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