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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE COLLECTION
1650
A MOTHER-OF-PEARL-INLAID BLACK LACQUER BRUSH
AND COVER
MING DYNASTY, 16TH- EARLY 17TH CENTURY
The handle of the brush and the cover are inlaid with diaper pattern between
narrow borders of dots, the waisted end of the brush with chrysanthemum
petals, and the end of the cover with a fower head.
8√ in. (22.6 cm.) long, silk pouch, Japanese wood box
$10,000-15,000

PROVENANCE
Acquired in Japan, 1970s.
Christie’s New York, 19 March 2008, lot 327.
A mother-of-pearl-inlaid brush in the Tokugawa Art Museum with similar,
though more dense inlay, dated to the 16th or 17th century, is illustrated in
Karamono: Imported Lacquerwork - Chinese, Korean and Ryukyuan (Okinawa),
Nagoya, 1997, p. 83, no. 146.
明十六/十七世紀初 黑漆螺鈿錦地菊紋帶蓋管毛筆

(another view with box)

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