A cinnabar lacquer circular dish Ming Dynasty, 16th century
A cinnabar lacquer circular dish
Ming Dynasty, 16th century
The well elegantly decorated with four Buddhistic lions playing with a central brocade ball, the threads sinuously flowing around them, all reserved on a brown, incised brocade-pattern ground and framed by the key-fret pattern below the rim; the exterior carved with scrolling lotus in high relief.
14.7cm (5¾in) diam
Estimate:
£10,000 - 12,000
HK$ 120,000 - 140,000
€12,000 - 14,000

Category: Asian Art / Chinese Works of Art


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