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A RARE INLAID ZITAN BOX AND COVER
17TH CENTURY

明十七世紀 百寶嵌紫檀水牛圖方蓋盒 「丙」款

The box is of rectangular shape. The top is inlaid with mother-of-pearl,
malachite, agate and wood depicting two recumbent bufaloes beside lingzhi
and rocks and below a sun hidden by clouds. The base is inset with a mother-
of-pearl square tablet with the character bing.

5¿ in. (13 cm.) wide

£8,000-12,000 $13,000-18,000
€11,000-16,000

(mark)

See a similar inlaid Zitan box published in, Bamboo, Wood, Ivory and
Rhinoceros Horn Carvings, The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace
Museum, The Commercial Press, Hong Kong, 2002, p. 283, no. 228.

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