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A CARVED CIRCULAR CINNABAR Lacquerware in the National Palace Museum, another from a private collection, are illustrated
LACQUER ‘LOTUS’ BOX AND COVER Taipei, 2007, cat. no. 35. Another of a slightly in the exhibition Carved Lacquer, Tokugawa and
smaller size (2⅝ in., 6.7 cm) is in the Palace Nezu Museums, 1984, cat. nos 86 and 87. A box
MING DYNASTY, LATE 14TH / 15TH
Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Zhongguo qiqi and tray bearing a Zhou Ming mark was sold at
CENTURY
quanji, vol. 5, Fujian, 1995, pl. 34. A smaller box Christie’s Hong Kong, 1st December 2010, lot
(2 3/16 in., 5.5 cm) formerly in the collection of 3076.
the box and cover both of domed form, well
Carl Kempe is inscribed with a four-character
carved through the multiple layers of cinnabar
Xuande mark, illustrated by Fritz Low-Beer, $ 40,000-60,000
lacquer with central hexagonal lotus seed pods
‘Chinese Lacquer of the Early 15th Century’,
framed by an interlocking lozenge band, the 㖶⋩⚃ᶾ䲨㛓ġİġ⋩Ḽᶾ䲨ġġġ⇼䲭咖
The Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, no. 22,
sides of the cover and box carved with stylized
Stockholm, 1953, pls 2 and 3. 剙⺷味䙺
lotus petals, the interiors lacquered black (2)

Diameter 3⅛ in., 8 cm A number of cinnabar lacquer boxes of this
design are found together with a corresponding
Boxes of the same size and design can be found 254 No Lot
tray, suggesting their intended use as utensils
in the collection of the National Palace Museum,
for the tea ceremony in temples in Japan. Two
Taipei, included in the exhibition Carving
sets, one from the Tokyo National Museum and
the Subtle Radiance of Colors, Treasured
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