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Lot 8162

A circular cinnabar lacquer box
17th century

Chinese, Indian, Himalayan and Southeast Asian Art and Paintings
28 June 2016, 12:00 PDT
San Francisco

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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

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.

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