Lot Essay
Compare the box of similar design with a Zhu Chenming mark in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum illustrated by R. Kerr, Later Chinese Bronzes, London, 1990, p. 54, pl. 42.
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16TH/17TH CENTURY
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A Parcel-Gilt Bronze Circular Box and Cover
16th/17th Century
The top cast in low relief with a central lotus blossom encircled by lotus scroll repeated as a frieze on the sides of the box below the plain narrow rim and domed inner rim, all reserved on a stippled ground, the base cast with a four-character Zhu Chenming zhi mark within a cartouche; together with a mountain-form brushrest, Ming dynasty, of elongated form with multiple peaks and dark patina
36in. (8.1cm.) diam.; 117/8in. (30.2cm.) long, wood stand (2)
16th/17th Century
The top cast in low relief with a central lotus blossom encircled by lotus scroll repeated as a frieze on the sides of the box below the plain narrow rim and domed inner rim, all reserved on a stippled ground, the base cast with a four-character Zhu Chenming zhi mark within a cartouche; together with a mountain-form brushrest, Ming dynasty, of elongated form with multiple peaks and dark patina
36in. (8.1cm.) diam.; 117/8in. (30.2cm.) long, wood stand (2)