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A carved cinnabar lacquer bowl
301 Late Ming Dynasty, 16th/17th century
304 | Bonhams The exterior finely carved with a single band enclosing
four crested long-tailed birds in flight amongst
flowering peony branches, between key-fret at the
rim and foot, the interior with a metal lining.
11.6cm (4½in) diam.
£8,000 - 12,000
HK$100,000 - 150,000
CNY79,000 - 120,000
明晚期十六/十七世紀 剔紅花鳥紋碗
Compare with a similar carved cinnabar lacquer
bowl with pomegranates and bird design illustrated
by Simon Kwan, Chinese Lacquer: The Muwen
Tang Collection Series, Hong Kong, 2010, pp.222-
223, pl.69; see also a similar bowl, Wanli mark
and period, illustrated by K.J.Brandt, Chinesische
Lackarbeiten, Linden Museum, Stuttgart, 1988,
pl.44; and B.McElney, Chinese Metalwares and
Decorative Arts, Museum of East Asian Art, Bath,
1993, pl.321.
301
A cinnabar lacquer stem cup
16th century
Deeply carved around the body with scattered
precious objects including the ribboned Daoist
castanets in addition to a pair of lychee fruit and a
pair of rounded fruit, the stem with flowering leafy
branches and the interior lacquered black.
7.9cm (3 1/8in) high
£5,000 - 8,000
HK$62,000 - 100,000
CNY49,000 - 79,000

十六世紀 剔紅花果暗八仙紋高足杯
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A lobed cinnabar lacquer ‘dragon’
box and cover
18th century
The cover delicately incised through the lacquer
and painted in a darker wash with a central front-
facing five-clawed dragon encircling the flaming
pearl amidst cloud scrolls, surrounded by four
further striding five-clawed dragons, all surrounded
by sixteen lobes, each containing a writhing five-
clawed dragon in pursuit of a pearl above bats and
clouds at the rim, the box with rockwork amidst
foaming waves in each lobe beneath further bats
and clouds at the rim, the interior lacquered black.
42.6cm (16¾in) diam. (2).
£15,000 - 20,000
HK$190,000 - 250,000
CNY150,000 - 200,000

十八世紀 填漆雲龍紋花瓣式蓋盒
Compare a similar box and cover illustrated by
K.J.Brandt, Chinesische Lackarbeiten, Linden
Museum, Stuttgart, 1988, pl.83; see also
R.Chao, Many Splendors: Yuan, Ming and Qing
Lacquerware from the Chao Collection, Beijing,
2010, pl.139; and another illustrated by P.Frick,
Chinesische Lackkunst, Münster, 2010, pl.106.