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A CARVED CINNABAR LACQUER THREE-
TIERED BOX AND COVER
MING DYNASTY, 15TH-16TH CENTURY
The foliate-shaped body is carved to each tier with large lychee
fruits issuing from leafy branches. The cover is similarly carved
in a large shaped cartouche with two dragonflies amongst further
lychees borne on leafy branches. The design is repeated on the
sides of the cover, all above a band of ruyi-head scrolls
7º in. (18.5 cm.) high
HK$800,000-1,200,000 US$110,000-150,000

While lychee decoration can often be found on cinnabar lacquer wares
from the Ming and the Qing dynasties, it is rare to find tiered lacquer
boxes with this decoration. A two tiered circular box and cover with
lychee decoration is in the collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing,
illustrated in, Zhongguo meishu fenlei quanji - Zhongguo qiqi quanji –
Ming, Fuzhou, 1995, p. 78.

明十五 / 十六世紀 剔紅荔枝紋三層蓋盒
本蓋盒之造型與裝飾與北京故宮博物院所藏一件明中期剔紅荔枝紋二層
圓蓋盒十分接近，參見《中國美術分類全集：中國漆器全集．明》，卷五，
福州，1995 年，頁 78。

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