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188 Compare related examples illustrated in The Complete Collection of
A RARE TIXI LACQUER CIRCULAR BOX AND COVER the Palace Museum, Lacquer Wares of the Yuan and Ming Dynasties,
15th century Beijing, 2006, pl.76, p.104. See also R. Kerr, Chinese Art and Design,
The domed cover deeply carved through the layers of black and red The T.T.Tsui Gallery of Chinese Art, London, 1991, fig.68. p.158; see
lacquer with registers of concentric ruyi-heads surrounding a small also Layered Beauty: The Baoyizhai Collection of Chinese Lacquer,
flower head to the centre, the base similarly decorated, resting on a 2010, no.31, and The Colours and Forms of Song and Yuan China,
short, slightly spreading foot, the interior and recessed base lacquered Tokyo, 2004, no.62.
black.
25cm (9 7/8in) diam. (2).
£18,000 - 20,000 CNY170,000 - 190,000
HK$210,000 - 240,000
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