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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE COLLECTION

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A RARE CARVED RED TIXI LACQUER LOBED DISH
MING DYNASTY, 16TH CENTURY
The shallow, fve-lobed dish is deeply carved on the interior through layers of red and black lacquer
with bands of ruyi scrolls radiating from a central quatrefoil fower head, the exterior is similarly
decorated and the base is lacquered black.
11Ω in. (29.2 cm.) diam., Japanese wood box
$20,000-30,000

PROVENANCE
Sotheby’s London, 13 May 2009, lot 89.
明十六世紀 剔犀如意雲紋花口盤

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