A CINNABAR LACQUER CARVED STEM CUP

16th century

16th century
The exterior elaborately and crisply carved with a wide band of four birds variously perched on rockwork and flying between leafy branches of blossoming peony and prunus, one holding a pomegranate in its beak, on a lozenge-panel ground, the slender stem with a similar band of leafy peony, the interior with a worn silver lining.
9cm (3 1/2in) diam.

十六世紀 剔紅花鳥紋高足盃

See a related red lacquer stem cup, late Ming dynasty, illustrated in The Creation of Natural Immensity and Grandeur: The Yang Ming Shan Fang Collection of Lacquer from Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, Beijing, 2020, pp.108-109, no.31.

Compare with a related red lacquer stem cup, 16th century, which was sold at Bonhams London, 7 November 2013, lot 301.