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A MOTHER-OF-PEARL INLAID BLACK
LACQUER SQUARE TRAY
17TH CENTURY
The square tray is finely inlaid with a scene depicting
scholars and attendants gathering in a garden viewing at
paintings, all enclosed by a border of scrolling tendrils to
the wall.
7√ in. (20 cm.) wide, Japanese wood box
HK$120,000-180,000 US$16,000-23,000

十七世紀 黑漆螺鈿嵌人物故事圖方盤

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A CARVED CINNABAR
LACQUER ‘PEONY’ BRUSH
AND COVER
MING DYNASTY, 15TH CENTURY
The brush handle and cover are finely
carved through layers of cinnabar lacquer
with peony blossoms amidst a profusion
of leaves, bordered by a band of key-frets
at the end of the cover and mouth of the
brush.
10 in. (25.4 cm.) long, box
HK$100,000-150,000 2983
US$13,000-19,000

Compare with a nearly identical ‘peony’
brush and cover dated to the Xuande period
in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in
The Complete Collection of Treasures of the
Palace Museum, The Four Treasures of the
Study – Inksticks and Writing Brushes, Hong
Kong, 2005, p. 135, no. 116 (fig. 1).

明十五世紀 剔紅牡丹紋筆管兼筆帽
比較北京故宮博物院藏一支近乎相同的宣德剔
紅牡丹紋管兼毫筆，見故宮博物院藏文物珍品
全集《文房四寶·筆墨》，香港，2005 年，圖
版 116 號（圖一）。 fig. 1 Collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing
圖一 北京故宮博物院藏品

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