Lot Essay
A tray of this unusual design was sold in our London Rooms, 10 June 1996, lot 8; and another is illustrated in Carved Lacquer in the Collection of the Palace Museum, 1985, pl.331.
Carved in the style of a Jiajing lacquerware, the tray was evidently inspired by the mid-Ming prototype illustrated, ibid., pl.175, which has an identical composition to the present lot.
Carved in the style of a Jiajing lacquerware, the tray was evidently inspired by the mid-Ming prototype illustrated, ibid., pl.175, which has an identical composition to the present lot.