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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE COLLECTION

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A CARVED RED LACQUER SQUARE TRAY
MING DYNASTY, LATE 15TH-16TH CENTURY
The square tray with faring sides is carved in the center with an aged scholar wearing voluminous
robes seated on a river bank under a willow tree, accompanied by a boy attendant making herbal medicine,
while another boy catches fsh, and a crane with outspread wings fies above. The sides are carved with
peony, chrysanthemum and pomegranate sprays. The base is lacquered black.
7¡ in. (18.7 cm.) square, Japanese wood box
$18,000-25,000

PROVENANCE
Christie’s Hong Kong, 30 May 2012, lot 4223.
明十五世紀末/十六世紀 剔紅烹茶洗硯圖方盤

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