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ANOTHER PROPERTY
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A RARE CARVED RED LACQUER CIRCULAR BOX AND
COVER
MING DYNASTY, 16TH CENTURY
The metal-bodied container is deeply carved through layers of red A very similar red lacquer box, the cover carved with a complex Daoist
lacquer on the cover with Shoulao seated on a crane in flight above figural scene and the bottom of the box with flowers and birds, in
three immortals, their attendants, a deer and crane on a terrace. The the Palace Museum, Beijing, is illustrated in Treasures of the Palace
sides are carved with floral sprays repeated on the sides of the box, Museum - 45 - Lacquer Wares of the Yuan and Ming Dynasties, Hong
which is carved with two egrets in a lotus pond. Kong, 2006, p. 247, no, 195. Two smaller boxes, one carved overall
with bird and flower scenes, the other with figural scenes, in the
5¡ in. (13.6 cm.) diam., Japanese wood box
British Museum, are illustrated by Sir Harry Garner, Chinese Lacquer,
London and Boston, 1979, pl. 65-66. Another small box, carved on
$40,000-60,000
the cover with a figure and a lion and on the base carved with rocks
and flowers, is illustrated by Wang Shixiang, Ancient Chinese Lacquer,
EXHIBITED:
New York, Kaikodo, Material Witness, 15 March-11 April 2008. Beijing, 1987, pl. 57.
LITERATURE:
Kaikodo Journal, Material Witness, New York, 2008, pp. 164-165, no. 73.

明十六世紀 剔紅乘鶴圖圓蓋盒

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