
This auction has ended. View lot details
You may also be interested in







































Property from a Private Northwest Collector
Lot 8162
A circular cinnabar lacquer box 17th century
28 June 2016, 12:00 PDT
San FranciscoSold for US$9,375 inc. premium
Looking for a similar item?
Our Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art specialists can help you find a similar item at an auction or via a private sale.
Find your local specialistAsk about this lot


Client Services (Los Angeles)

Client Services (New York)
A circular cinnabar lacquer box
17th century
The layers of red lacquer incised to the top to depict two scholars, one clutching a qin, seated beneath a gnarled wutong tree in discussion on a moonlit night, the sides of both halves encircled by repeating leiwen patterns, the base and interiors covered by a layer of unadorned black lacquer, with storage box.
4in (10cm) diameter
The layers of red lacquer incised to the top to depict two scholars, one clutching a qin, seated beneath a gnarled wutong tree in discussion on a moonlit night, the sides of both halves encircled by repeating leiwen patterns, the base and interiors covered by a layer of unadorned black lacquer, with storage box.
4in (10cm) diameter
Footnotes
十七世紀 剔紅松下仕人圖蓋盒
Another box of similar shape and scholarly subject matter dated to the late Ming is in Gugong Bowuyuan Cang Wenwu Zhenpin Quanji: 45 Yuan Ming Qiqi [The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum: 45, Lacquer Wares of the Yuan and Ming Dynasties] (Hong Kong: The Commercial Press, 2006) no. 191 p. 243.














