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PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN 明十五至十六世紀 剔紅四季花卉紋長方蓋盒
A CARVED CINNABAR LACQUER 'FLORAL' BOX
AND COVER,
MING DYNASTY, 15TH - 16TH CENTURY
Japanese wood box
16.5 by 10.1 by h. 9.5 cm
HK$ 300,000-500,000
US$ 38,300-64,000
Densely carved through deep layers of lacquer with Flowers
of the Four Seasons – gardenia, peony, chrysanthemum and
prunus – the present box represents a classic design of the
Ming dynasty.
Compare a two-tiered picnic box with comparable floral
scrolls in the Palace Museum, Beijing, attributed to the
mid-Ming dynasty, illustrated in Zhongguo qiqi quanji
[Complete series on Chinese lacquer], vol. 5, Fujian, 1993, pl.
62, together with two Ming dynasty rectangular boxes with
similarly floral designs on the sides, also in the collection of
the Palace Museum Beijing, pls 71 and 160.
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