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PROPERTY FROM A WEST COAST PRIVATE COLLECTION
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A FINELY-DECORATED SMALL MOTHER-OF-PEARL-
INLAID BLACK LACQUER OCTAGONAL BOX AND COVER
MING DYNASTY, 16TH CENTURY
The top is finely decorated with a scene of officials forming a line
near a gate outside a pavilion compound set against a landscape
and stationed with guards. Inside the pavilion are two figures in
conversation. The faceted shoulder of the cover is decorated with
shaped panels enclosing further figural scenes above a band of
roundels on the sides. The box is decorated with various animals and
mythical beasts within the shaped panels.
6æ in. (7.2 cm.) wide

$25,000-35,000
PROVENANCE:
Norman Yeon (1915-2004), San Francisco, 1957.
John Yeon (1910-1994) Collection, Portland, Oregon.
EXHIBITED:
Portland, Portland Art Museum, Quest for Beauty: The Architecture,
Landscapes, and Collections of John Yeon, 2017.
(another view)
明十六世紀 黑漆螺鈿人物故事圖八方蓋盒

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