Lot 141
141
SCHOLARS' OBJECTS
A PAIR OF CARVED RED LACQUER SHALLOW DISHES

Details
A PAIR OF CARVED RED LACQUER SHALLOW DISHES
EARLY MING DYNASTY

Each with slightly rounded flaring sides, carved on the interior with leafy branches of peony bearing a central blossom surrounded by additional blossoms and buds, with incised details, the design repeated in a frieze on the exterior, with two characters, Ning chu, and a seal painted in red on the black base (restored)
6¼in. (15.8cm.) diam., stands, box (2)

Lot Essay

See Sir Harry Garner, Chinese Lacquer, London, 1979, no. 32, for a fifteenth century box similarly carved with floral sprays; for a large example with peony sprays see Wang Shixiang, Ancient Chinese Lacquer, Beijing, 1987, no. 123