Covered box Zhi
Covered box Zhi
China. Dynasty of the Western Han, 2nd-1st century BCE Lacquer. H. 10,2 cm
Beautiful classic box with painted and engraved decoration of fantastic geometrical and animal motifs on a brown background. Small visible accidents. The engraved lacquer objects from this period are considered to be among the oldest Chinese incised dry lacquers.
Provenance:
- Christian Deydier Gallery, Oriental Bronzes Ltd, London 1991
- French private collection 1998-2019
Publication:
- Christian Deydier: "The Art of Warring States and Han periods", 1991, Oriental Bronzes Ltd, London, Cat.n° 15.
References:
For a very close zhi, cf: J.C.Y. Watt & B.B Ford: "East Asian Lacquer, the Florence and Herbert Irving collection", Metropolitan Museum, New York, 1991, p.6, n°1 Automatically translated by DeepL. To see the original version, click here.
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Covered box Zhi
China. Dynasty of the Western Han, 2nd-1st century BCE Lacquer. H. 10,2 cm
Beautiful classic box with painted and engraved decoration of fantastic geometrical and animal motifs on a brown background. Small visible accidents. The engraved lacquer objects from this period are considered to be among the oldest Chinese incised dry lacquers.
Provenance:
- Christian Deydier Gallery, Oriental Bronzes Ltd, London 1991
- French private collection 1998-2019
Publication:
- Christian Deydier: "The Art of Warring States and Han periods", 1991, Oriental Bronzes Ltd, London, Cat.n° 15.
References:
For a very close zhi, cf: J.C.Y. Watt & B.B Ford: "East Asian Lacquer, the Florence and Herbert Irving collection", Metropolitan Museum, New York, 1991, p.6, n°1 Automatically translated by DeepL. To see the original version, click here.
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