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AN EXQUISITE MOTHER-OF-PEARL INLAID BLACK LAQUER A CLOISONNÉ ENAMELED GILT BRONZE CUP DISH
DISH Ming dynasty
Jiang Jianli zhi mark, Kangxi period The shallow well centered with a raised circular section decorated
The shallow dish framed by gently rounded sides and an evert lip, with flower sprigs, outlined with a bronze rim and encircled by flower
masterfully inlaid with gold foil and colored, iridescent shells depicting petals on a sloping flange, and a band of classic lotuses borne on leafy
a scene from the Yuan dynasty drama’Xixiang Ji’ (Romance of the scrolls on the flat well within the low side walls and a slightly beveled
Western Chamber), enclosed by a delicate gold key-fret border within rim all filled with additional flowers.
leafy classic lotus blossoms and a chained pearl design; the underside 6 3/8in (16cm) diameter
inlaid in mother-of-pearl with Jiang Qianli zhi square mark.
4 7/8in (12.4cm) diameter $2,500 - 4,000

$3,000 - 5,000
Provenance:
Fong Inn Gallery, Honolulu, acquired in the 1950s, by repute

A very closely related black lacquer dish by Jiang Qianli, also
decorated with an episode from the Romance of the West Chamber,
sold by Sotheby’s, Hong Kong, 6 April 2014, lot 48.

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