A FINELY CARVED CINNABAR LACQUER CIRCULAR BOX AND COVER

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A FINELY CARVED CINNABAR LACQUER CIRCULAR BOX AND COVER
MING DYNASTY, 15TH/16TH CENTURY

The flat top of the cover finely carved with a portly figure of an immortal carrying a bundle on a stick slung over his left shoulder, standing in the shade of a pine tree, all against a cell-pattern diaper ground, the sides of the box and cover with composite floral scrolls, the base and interior covered in black lacquer
3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm.) diam., wood box

Lot Essay

Two circular boxes with very similar subject-matter, depicting a portly immortal in a landscape, are illustrated in Karamono, Imported Lacquerwork - Chinese, Korean and Ryukyuan, Tokugawa Art Museum, No. 2, nos. 102 and 118.

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