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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE COLLECTION
915
A BROWN LACQUER FOLIATE DISH
12TH-16TH CENTURY
The shallow dish has widely fared sides formed as sixteen petals
rising from the recessed base, and is covered overall in brownish-
black lacquer.
10æ in. (26.3 cm.) diam., box
$30,000-50,000

PROVENANCE
Edward Wrangham, O.B.E. (1928-2009) Collection.
Bonhams London, 5 November 2009, lot 155.
十二/十六世紀 褐漆花式盤

915

PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE COLLECTION
~916
A MOTHER-OF-PEARL-INLAID BLACK
LACQUER OCTAGONAL TRAY
MING DYNASTY, 16TH-17TH CENTURY
The interior is decorated with a garden scene
depicting two seated scholars playing weiqi
observed by a third scholar accompanied by an
attendant, below shaped panels enclosing fower
and fruit sprays on the fared sides. The exterior is
decorated with foral scrolls with central blossoms.
The base has an inscription in red lacquer, which
records the donation of this dish to a temple and is
dated thirteenth year of the Tenshō reign in Japan
(1585).
13 in. (33 cm.) across
$12,000-18,000

PROVENANCE
Bonhams London, 13 May 2010, lot 432.
明十六/十七世紀
黑漆螺鈿嵌高士觀棋圖八方盤

916