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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT ASIAN PRIVATE COLLECTION

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A MAGNIFICENT AND EXTREMELY RARE
LARGE CARVED CINNABAR LACQUER DISH
LATE YUAN/EARLY MING DYNASTY

of circular form, the shallow rounded sides resting on a short
foot, the interior superbly carved in deep relief through the
thick red lacquer with a design of owering branches of
peony to the centre, surrounded by chrysanthemum, prunus,
another blossoming fruit tree, camellia, another kind of peony,
prunus, pomegranate, viburnum or hydrangea, gardenia and
lotus accompanied by arrow-head, blade-like leaves of wild
rice and three-petalled blooms of big oating heard, each
plant carefully picked out with incised details, all reserved
on a yellow ground, the underside similarly carved, the base
lacquered in dark brown, incised Zhang Cheng mark
44.5 cm, 17½ in.
PROVENANCE
Collection of Sir Percival (1892-1964) and Lady David.
Sotheby’s London, 29th May 1962, lot 173 (£650).
Bluett & Sons Ltd., London.
Collection of Percy D. Krolik.
Sotheby’s London, 24th February 1970, lot 77 (£1900).
Spink & Son, London.
Collection of L.A Basmadjie .
Sotheby’s London, 14th March 1972, lot 36 (£1600).
EXHIBITED
The Arts of the Ming Dynasty, Oriental Ceramic Society,
London, 1957, cat. no. 227.
LITERATURE
Fritz Low-Beer, ‘Lacquer of the Ming Dynasty’, Oriental Art,
vol. IV, no. 1, Spring 1958, p. 13, g. 1.
B. J. St. M. Morgan, ‘Carved Lacquer in the Krolik Collection’,
Oriental Art, vol. XIII, no. 4, Winter 1967, p. 251, g. 1.
಴£ 400,000-600,000
HK$ 3,860,000-5,790,000 US$ 497,000-745,000

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