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PROPERTY FROM A JAPANESE COLLECTION Compare a polychrome lacquer dish of this form carved in
the center with scholars playing a board game, surrounded
A RARE AND FINELY CARVED LACQUER
by sprigs of lingzhi fungus on a diaper background, all
‘IMMORTALS’ QUATREFOIL TRAY
enclosed with sprays of ß owers, attributed to the mid-16th
MING DYNASTY, 16TH CENTURY century, formerly from the collection of Ruth and Bruce
Dayton and now in The Minneapolis Institute of Arts,
deftly carved through layers of the cinnabar lacquer with
Minneapolis, illustrated in Appreciating China. Gifts from
three Immortals, including Zhongli Quan, standing on a rocky
Ruth and Bruce Dayton, Minneapolis, 2002, pl. 64. See also
outcrop beneath an overhanging pine tree, with roiling waves
a cinnabar lacquer dish carved with the four attributes of the
crashing below and cloud wisps in the sky above, one cloud
Four Heavenly Kings in the Buddhist pantheon surrounding a
supporting Dongfang Shuo bearing a leafy peach sprig, all
central Þ ve-clawed dragon, with a six-character Jiajing mark
reserved on a diaper ground, the rim carved with a zigzag
on base and of the period, from the Qing Court Collection
border enclosing lotuses, the underside with cranes in ß ight
and still in Beijing, illustrated in The Complete Collection
amidst ruyi-shaped clouds, above a keyfret band at the foot,
of Treasures of the Palace Museum. Lacquer Wares of the
the base lacquered brown, Japanese wood box (3)
Yuan and Ming Dynasties, Hong Kong, 2006, pl. 126; another
Width 6⅜ in., 16.3cm
Jiaqing mark and period polychrome lacquer dish carved
with four writhing dragons surrounding a central roundel
PROVENANCE
featuring a dragon candle amidst millet plants, from the
Collection of Kishu Tokugawa family.
collection of Sir Percival and Lady David, included in the
Oriental Ceramics Society exhibition The Arts of The Ming
EXHIBITED
Dynasty, Arts Council Gallery, London, 1957, cat. no. 251, and
Kishu Tokugawa Ke Zouhin Tenkan Mokuroku [Catalogue of sold twice in our London rooms, 29th May 1962, lot 171, and
the exhibition on the Tokugawa collection], Tokyo Art Club,
24th February 1970, lot 78; and another sold at Christie’s
Tokyo, 1927, cat. no. 231. Hong Kong, 3rd June 2015, lot 3151.
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