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A CARVED CINNABAR LACQUER 'LYCHEES' INCENSE BOX AND
COVER
MING DYNASTY, 16TH CENTURY
The small, round, box is intricately carved to the cover and base with a leafy branch which
spreads across the surface bearing nine lychees of varying sizes, each decorated with a
geometric pattern. The interior is lacquered black.
3 in. (7.7 cm.) diam, Japanese wood box
HK$100,000-150,000 US$13,000-19,000
Compare to two similar examples in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, illustrated
in Carving the Subtle Radiance of Colors, Treasured Lacquerware in the National
Palace Museum, Taipei, 2008, p. 66, nos. 48 and 49; and another in the Metropolitan
Museum of Art, New York, accession no. 2015.500.1.46a, b.

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