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A CARVED RED LACQUER CIRCULAR BOX AND COVER
MING DYNASTY, 16TH CENTURY
Both the cover and box are well carved with leafy, fruiting branches,
each fruit fnely carved with a diferent diaper pattern and all on a
foret-diaper ground. The interior is covered in black lacquer.
31 in. (7.7 cm.) diam.
$6,000-8,000

PROVENANCE

Private collection, Toyama, circa 1960s.
A red lacquer box and cover of similar size (7.9 cm.) wide, also
dated to the 16th century is in the National Palace Museum, Taipei,
and was included in the exhibition Carving the Subtle Radiance of
Colors - Treasured Lacquerware in the National Palace Museum,
Taipei, 2008, p. 66, no. 48.
明十六世紀 剔紅荔枝紋蓋盒
1252
A LARGE BLACK AND RED LACQUER BOWL
MING DYNASTY, 16TH CENTURY
The exterior is carved through the black lacquer to the red lacquer
ground with four fgural scenes set in landscapes, all between a
petal border below and a diaper border above. The interior and foot
are covered in black lacquer.
1251 9¿ in. (23.3 cm.) diam.
$15,000-25,000

This large bowl is comparable in shape and size to a red lacquer
bowl (25.3 cm. diam.) carved with four shaped panels and with a
key-fret band around the foot that is dated by inscription to 1541
(Jiajing period) illustrated by D. Cliford, Chinese Carved Lacquer,
London, 1992, p. 95, pl. 68.
明十六世紀 剔黑人物故事圖盌

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