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L A C Q U E R • J A D E • B R O N Z E • I N K T H E R V I N G C O L L E C T I O N 髹金飾玉 - 歐雲伉儷珍藏

808 A CARVED RED AND BLACK LACQUER OCTAGONAL
BOX AND COVER
CHINA, MING DYNASTY, JIAJING SIX-CHARACTER INCISED AND GILT
MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1522-1566) 明嘉靖 剔紅雲龍捧壽紋八方蓋盒 填金《大明嘉靖年製》楷書刻款

The cover carved with a fve-clawed dragon leaping amidst clouds below 來源
Klaus F. Naumann，東京，1991年。
a shou medallion in the center of two interlocking square panels enclosing
歐雲伉儷珍藏，編號3805。
various auspicious symbols, the sloping sides of the box and cover carved
with panels of further fve-clawed dragons, and the vertical sides with lingzhi
scrolls, the gilt-highlighted reign mark incised in a line in the center of the
black-lacquered base
8¿ in. (20.6 cm.) wide
$70,000-90,000
PROVENANCE
Klaus F. Naumann, Tokyo, 1991.
The Irving Collection, no. 3805.

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