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A LARGE SQUARE MOTHER-OF- A black-lacquered and mother-of-pearl inlaid
PEARL INLAID ‘PRUNUS’ TRAY rectangular tray bearing the same motif from
the Florence and Herbert Irving Collection, now
MING DYNASTY
in the Metropolitan Museum of Art (acc. no.
the low, rounded sides joined by canted incurved 2015.500.156), is illustrated in James C. Y. Watt
corners and set over four low feet, covered overall and Barbara Brennan Ford, East Asian Lacquer:
in glossy black lacquer inlaid with mother-of-pearl The Florence and Herbert Irving Collection, New
designs, the central surface with a blossoming York, 1991, cat. no. 56. A similar tray from the
prunus tree, its thick trunk issuing lean branches Jean-Pierre Dubosc Collection is illustrated in
of new growth laden with emergent buds and Chinese Lacquer from the Jean-Pierre Dubosc
! owers, the longest branches sweeping upward Collection and Others, Eskenazi, 1992, cat. no. 12.
toward the crescent moon above, the interior
sides with scrolling chrysanthemum, Japanese $ 8,000-12,000
wood box (3) ׼ ලဒలᑮཚ˜ɨ૶ૠྡ̬˙ࡍԉᆵ
Length 15⅜ in., 39 cm

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