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A rare red lacquer five-lobed 'Buddhist lion' dish Mid 16th century
8 November 2012, 10:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street£6,000 - £8,000
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A rare red lacquer five-lobed 'Buddhist lion' dish
Mid 16th century
Crisply carved on the interior with a Buddhist lion playfully tossing a tasselled brocade ball amid the tasselled Daoist lyre, books and lozenge, beside a ruyi-head and a leaf, all within a border with further Daoist mystical symbols including a double gourd, and natural motifs including a prunus blossom and a kernel, the exterior carved with a classic-scroll pattern.
20.4cm (8in) diam.
Crisply carved on the interior with a Buddhist lion playfully tossing a tasselled brocade ball amid the tasselled Daoist lyre, books and lozenge, beside a ruyi-head and a leaf, all within a border with further Daoist mystical symbols including a double gourd, and natural motifs including a prunus blossom and a kernel, the exterior carved with a classic-scroll pattern.
20.4cm (8in) diam.
Footnotes
Provenance: Spink & Son Ltd., London (label)
十六世紀中期 剔紅戲獅紋葵口盤
來源: 倫敦Spink & Son Ltd.(標籤)














