Page 37 - Christie's Leisurely Life May 29, 2019 Hong Kong
P. 37
2922
A MOTHER-OF-PEARL-INLAID BLACK
LACQUER ‘SCHOLARS’ RECTANGULAR
TRAY
MING DYNASTY (1368-1644)
The tray is delicately executed in mother-of-pearl inlay, the
centre is decorated with a shaped panel enclosing scholars
enjoying literati pursuits accompanied by their attendants
in a fenced garden, all reserved on a trellis ground. The
walls are decorated with four different flowers encircled
by meandering foliage scrolls, all interspersed with shaped
panels on a honeycomb ground.
15 ¡ x 5 cm. (39 x 14 cm.), Japanese wood box
HK$120,000-180,000 US$16,000-23,000
The literati subject matter and the execution of the
borders closely resemble a group of Ming-dynasty
dishes and trays displayed at the Metropolitan Museum
of Art in the exhibition East Asian Lacquer: The Florence
and Herbert Irving Collection, New York, 1991, illustrated
in the Catalogue, pp. 131-138, nos. 58-61.
ᒞ 㷗ᮀด⹏㗓㭚ૉॲљ⿱㟍ᑝ↲
ࣻ⩠Ӭ⢑㰍ᡟ㯸ַ⎏ᚺջ⏎卿 ჺᙻ⡥⡙ഌ㛢ᝯࢷ
⁒㱦ཿ㈇Ƕ&BTU "TJBO -BDRVFS 5IF 'MPSFODF BOE )FSCFSU
*SWJOH $PMMFDUJPOǷཿ߅卿எ㢙卿㮰 卿⤔⽚
⯍ ǯ
36