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Compare a dish decorated with this motif, but the carving somewhat less refined, sold in our London rooms, 19th December 1980,
lot 252, and again at Christie’s London, 16th November 1998, lot 16; one with a scholar in a terrace, in the Palace Museum, Beijing,
illustrated in 200 Objects You Should Know. Carved Laquer Ware, Beijing, 2008, pl. 58; another carved with a scholar in a pavilion,
sold in these rooms, 19th March 2007, lot 413; and a larger example, sold in our London rooms, 8th November 2006, lot 2.

For an earlier rendition of this design, see an octagonal dish attributed to the Yuan dynasty, in the Palace Museum, Beijing,
illustrated in 200 Objects You Should Know, op. cit., pl. 1.

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