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VARIOUS PROPERTIES
2094
A MOTHER-OF-PEARL-INLAID BROWN
LACQUER RECTANGULAR TRAY
17TH CENTURY
The narrow tray has indented corners and is
inlaid in the center with a scene of fgures in
a lake retreat, and with a poetic inscription,
all below diaper patterns on the slightly
rounded, fared sides which are inlaid on the
exterior with fower scroll.
15Ω in. (39.cm.) long
$8,000-12,000
The inscription was taken from Tang dynasty
poet Du Fu’s poem and can be translated as:
Two yellow nightingales singing in the green
willow tree, a string of white herons soaring into
the blue sky.
明末清初
黑漆螺鈿山水人物詩文長方托盤
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