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A RYUKYUAN MOTHER-OF-PEARL-INLAID BLACK LACQUER A RYUKYUAN MOTHER-OF-PEARL-INLAID RED LACQUER
LARGE RECTANGULAR BOX AND COVER SMALL RECTANGULAR TABLE
17th/18th century 17th/18th century
Decorated on the flat with two scholars conversing in a dense pine The plain black-lacquered top bordered in red lacquer with a mother-
and bamboo landscape with their attendants nearby one holding of-pearl inlay of leafy composite flower-head design at the border with
a fan, the other scrolls, a small building nearby and a rich foliage a beaded edge above a stylized lappet band to the tapering rounded
foreground with a small maple tree, the rounded sides of the cover sides of the top, all above a narrow waist and further composite floral
with shaped panels of composite floral scrolling on a cell ground scrolling to the shaped apron which has pierced cloud motifs, all
which is mirrored on the box sides. above simple shaped legs.
15 x 10 1/8 x 3 ¼in (38.1 x 25.7 x 8.2cm) 20 1/8 x 10 ¼ x 8in (51.2 x 26 x 20.3cm), Japanese box
$2,000 - 3,000 $2,500 - 4,000

十七/十八世紀 琉球黑漆嵌螺鈿松下高仕圖盒蓋 十七/十八世紀 琉球嵌螺鈿漆桌

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