A RARE CARVED CINNABAR LACQUER BOX AND COVER

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A RARE CARVED CINNABAR LACQUER BOX AND COVER
MING DYNASTY, 15TH CENTURY, SIGNED ZHANG CHENG ZAO

Deeply carved against a yellow ground to the cover with a central peony flower born on a leafy stem surrounded by further peony, lilly and chrysanthemum sprigs, the box with a similar composite flower scroll, crackles and minor losses to the interior and base
4 1/2 in. (11.2 cm.) diam., Japanese wood box

Provenance

A Japanese private collection

Exhibited

Tokugawa Museum, Nagoya prefecture in the 1990's

Sale room notice

Please note that the image of this lot has been transposed with that of lot 1532.

Lot Essay

A similar box also with Zhang Cheng zao mark is in the Tokugawa Art Museum, Nagoya city, Japan, illustrated in Karamono, Imported Lacquerwork, 1997. no. 59. Another example with a Yongle mark in National Palace Museum, Taipei, is illustrated in Gugong qiqi tezhan tulu, 1981, no 10.

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