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A CARVED CINNABAR LACQUER FOUR- PROVENANCE
TIERED BOX AND COVER
MING DYNASTY, 16TH CENTURY Collection of Viscount Naonori Matsudaira (1869-1931).
Sotheby’s London, 11th May 2011, lot 121.
of square section with canted corners, the cover with a EXHIBITED
lakeside scene depicting a scholar in the doorway of an open Tokyo National Museum, Tokyo (prior to 1930, according to
pavilion awaiting the arrival of another scholar accompanied museum label).
by his attendant bearing a qin, framed by open rockwork, pine
and wutong trees, the sides carved with composite oral scroll $ 40,000-60,000
bands, all supported on an apron-shaped foot with stylized ruyi
scrolls, the interiors and base lacquered black, Japanese wood 1869 1931
box (7) 2011 5 11
Height 6¾ in., 17 cm
121
1930
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