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A black tixi lacquer rectangular footed tray
15th/16th century
Formed with indented corners to the shallow curving well, centered with a rosette formed
by two consecutive rings of five ruyi lappets, then two consecutive rectangles each with
sixteen lappets and subsidiary scrolls issuing from the lappets at the corners, the exterior
walls each carved with four lappets above a tall foot surrounding the recessed base, the
black lacquer layers interrupted by two layers of red lacquer and displaying long lines of
craquelure on the underside.
9 1/4 x 9in (23.5 x 23cm)
$15,000 - 25,000
Compare the four-sided tray with the black tixi lacquer eight lobed dish sold in Christie’s,
Hong Kong sale 2711, 27 May 2009, lot 1897, as early Ming, 15th century (7 1/8in/18.2cm
diameter). See also the carved tixi lacquer three-tiered box and cover sold in Bonham’s, Hong
Kong sale 15717, 26 November 2007, lot 24, as 15th/16th century (7 7/8in/20cm high).
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