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~929 A MOTHER-OF-PEARL-INLAID BLACK 元ǭ十Ӳ 十四世紀ǭ
LACQUER RECTANGULAR TRAY 黑漆に鈿月影梅紋長方盤
YUAN DYNASTY, 13TH-14TH CENTURY
The shallow tray is raised on four cabriole feet and is inlaid with Ϝ源
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mother-of-pearl on the interior with flowering prunus branches
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beneath a crescent moon, all on a dark brownish-black ground.
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The base is lacquered in red with a signature possibly reading
Huai Chuan. 展覽
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12√ in. (32.6 cm.) long, silk pouch, Japanese double wood box,

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$30,000-50,000
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Jean-Pierre Dubosc (1904-1988) Collection, Kamakura and Paris. . ,PQQMJO
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EXHIBITED:
London, Eskenazi, Ltd., Chinese Lacquer from the Jean-Pierre Dubosc The theme of flowering plum blossoms was a popular motif in the
Collection and Others, 8-22 December 1992. Song and Yuan dynasties and can be found in lacquer and other
media. A mother-of-pearl-inlaid black lacquer dish of octagonal
LITERATURE:
form decorated with blossoming plum branches in a similar style,
Eskenazi, Ltd., Chinese Lacquer from the Jean-Pierre Dubosc Collection
now in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, is illustrated by J. Watt
and Others, London, 1992, pp. 42-43, no. 12.
M. Kopplin, Museum Für Lackkunst, Katalog Ostasiatische and B. Ford in East Asian Lacquer, The Florence and Herbert Irving
Lackkunst: Ausgewählte Arbeiten (Catalogue of East Asian Lacquer Collection, New York, 1991, pp. 126-128, no. 55. See, also, a Song-
Yuan dynasty black lacquer table screen similarly decorated with
928 A GILT-DECORATED RED AND BLACK 元ǭ十四世紀ǭ Art: Selected Works), Münster, 1993, p. 63, pl. 26. mother-of-pearl-inlaid blossoming plum branches, in the Asian Art
LACQUER OCTAFOIL BOX AND COVER 朱漆描金寳相花紋葵≓式蓋盒 Museum of San Francisco, illustrated in Hai-Wai Yi-Chen (Chinese
YUAN DYNASTY, 14TH CENTURY Art in Overseas Collections: Lacquer Ware), Taipei, 1987, p. 51,
The lobed box is gilt-decorated on the exterior with leafy scroll on a Ϝ源 no. 49.
lacquered crimson ground. The cover of conforming shape is similarly 藍理捷
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decorated, with a large stylized lotus blossom in the center and an The lyrical depiction of prunus blossoms beneath a crescent moon
s-scroll border. The interior of both and the underside of the box is is also found on contemporary ceramics, such as the Baishe teabowl
covered with black lacquer. in this catalogue, lot 77, and a Longquan celadon carved conical
bowl, Southern Song-Yuan dynasty, sold at Christie’s New York,
5æ in. (14.6 cm.) diam., cloth box
22 March 2007, lot 277.
(inscription)
$4,000-6,000
PROVENANCE:
J. J. Lally & Co., New York, no. 4155.

A ten-lobed black lacquer box and cover of similar form from a
Northern Song tomb at Huai’an, Jiangsu province, is illustrated in
Wenwu, 1963, No. 5, pl. 4, no. 4, with a line drawing on p. 50,
pl. 3, no. 6. See, also, a black lacquer box and cover of related form
from a Northern Song tomb at Xingzhu village, Wuxi, Jiangsu
province, is illustrated in Wenwu, 1990, No. 3, p. 20, pl. 4, with a
line drawing on p. 19, pl. 2, no. 5.

The shape can also be found in contemporary silver. A six-lobed
silver box from the tomb of Lü Shimeng and his wife near Suzhou,
Wu county, Jiangsu province, dated by epitaphs to 1304 and 1315
respectively, is illustrated in Wenwu, 1959, No. 11, p. 22, no. 4.

Another interesting comparison is the s-scroll border on the present
box which is similar to that found on Cizhou wares of the Jin and
Yuan dynasties. See, for example, a Cizhou circular box and cover
dated to the Song-Yuan dynasty, 12th-14th century, with similar
s-scroll border, sold at Christie's London, 15 November 2000,
lot 13.
The result of Rafter Radiocarbon Laboratory C-14 test
no. R 29698 is consistent with the dating of this lot. (cover)

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