A THREE-TIER CARVED CINNABAR LACQUER QUATREFOIL BOX AND COVER 16th...
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN 紳士藏品
A THREE-TIER CARVED CINNABAR LACQUER QUATREFOIL BOX AND COVER
16th century
Of quadrilobed form, the flat cover carved with a scene depicting a scholar seated in a riverside pavilion, approached by another scholar and an attendant, all reserved on a diaper ground, enclosed by a floral-head border, the straight sides of the box and cover carved with panels incorporating branches of leafy flowers, the base and interiors lacquered black.
17cm (6 3/4in) high. (4).
十六世紀 剔紅人物故事圖三層海棠式蓋盒
Compare with a related five-tiered cinnabar lacquer box and cover, 15th/16th century, with similar scene of a pavilion on the cover, illustrated in Treasures of Asian Art from the Idemitsu Collection, Seattle, 1981, p.135, no.70.
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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN 紳士藏品
A THREE-TIER CARVED CINNABAR LACQUER QUATREFOIL BOX AND COVER
16th century
Of quadrilobed form, the flat cover carved with a scene depicting a scholar seated in a riverside pavilion, approached by another scholar and an attendant, all reserved on a diaper ground, enclosed by a floral-head border, the straight sides of the box and cover carved with panels incorporating branches of leafy flowers, the base and interiors lacquered black.
17cm (6 3/4in) high. (4).
十六世紀 剔紅人物故事圖三層海棠式蓋盒
Compare with a related five-tiered cinnabar lacquer box and cover, 15th/16th century, with similar scene of a pavilion on the cover, illustrated in Treasures of Asian Art from the Idemitsu Collection, Seattle, 1981, p.135, no.70.
