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A SMALL CARVED RED LACQUER A SMALL CARVED RED LACQUER A SMALL CARVED RED LACQUER BOX
CIRCULAR BOX AND COVER CIRCULAR BOX AND COVER AND COVER
MING DYNASTY, 16TH-17TH CENTURY MING DYNASTY, 16TH CENTURY MING DYNASTY, 15TH-16TH CENTURY
The cover is carved with three scholars at leisure The box and cover are both carved with lychees The slightly domed cover is carved in relief with
under a pine tree, and the box is carved with borne on leafy branches reserved on diaper grounds. the long-tailed bird in flight amidst lotus blossoms
flowering branches, all reserved on a diaper ground. and leaves. The sides of the box are carved with
3¿ in. (7.9 cm.) diam.
further lotus.
3 in. (7.6 cm.) diam.
$5,000-7,000 3º in. (8.3 cm.) diam.
$5,000-7,000
PROVENANCE:
$5,000-7,000
PROVENANCE: Prominent private collection, New England.
Prominent private collection, New England. PROVENANCE:
Two red lacquer boxes of similar size and Prominent private collection, New England.
Compare two red lacquer boxes in the National similarly carved with lychees borne on leafy
Palace Museum, Taipei, of approximately the same branches, are in the National Palace Museum, Similar decoration of a bird in flight amidst lotus
size and carved on the cover with scenes of scholars Taipei, and are illustrated in Carving the Subtle can be seen on a pentagonal red lacquer box
in a landscape, and on the box with blossoming Radiance of Colors, Treasured Lacquerware in dated Ming dynasty, 15th century, in the Tokugawa
flower branches, illustrated in Carving the Subtle the National Palace Museum, Taipei, 2008, p. Art Musuem, illustrated in Karamono, Imported
Radiance of Colors, Treasured Lacquerware in the 66, nos. 48 and 49, where they are dated Ming Lacquerwork –Chinese, Korean and Ryukyuan
National Palace Museum, Taipei, 2008, p. 88, nos. dynasty, 16th century. (Okinawa), Nagoya, Japan, 1997, p. 27, no. 27.
76 and 77, where they are dated 17th century and
16th-17th century, respectively.
明十六世紀 剔紅荔枝紋小圓蓋盒 明十五/十六世紀 剔紅鳳鳥紋小圓蓋盒
來源: 來源:
明十六/十七世紀 剔紅高士圖圓蓋盒
重要私人珍藏，新英格蘭。 重要私人珍藏，新英格蘭。
來源:
重要私人珍藏，新英格蘭。

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