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A RARE CINNABAR TIXI LACQUER OVAL TRAY
SONG-YUAN DYNASTY (960-1368)
Boldly carved on the interior of the oval tray through a thick layer of cinnabar lacquer with two pairs of confronted spectacle-shaped ruyi scrolls, surrounded by a further eight scrolls under the rounded mouth rim, the exterior with a band of stylised scrolls, the underside base with black lacquer
10 1/4 in. (26 cm.) wide, Japanese wood box
SONG-YUAN DYNASTY (960-1368)
Boldly carved on the interior of the oval tray through a thick layer of cinnabar lacquer with two pairs of confronted spectacle-shaped ruyi scrolls, surrounded by a further eight scrolls under the rounded mouth rim, the exterior with a band of stylised scrolls, the underside base with black lacquer
10 1/4 in. (26 cm.) wide, Japanese wood box
Literature
Lee King-tsi and Hu Shih-chang, 'On Chinese Tixi Lacquer', Orientations, September 1993, p. 67, fig. 10a
Exhibited
The Museum of East Asian Art, Cologne, 1990, Dragon and Phoenix, Chinese Lacquer Ware, The Lee Family Collection, Catalogue, no. 5
Los Angeles Museum of Art, 1990/91
The Shoto Museum of Art, Shibuya, Japan, 1991, Chinese Lacquerware, Catalogue, no. 19
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1993, 2000 Years of Chinese Lacquer, Catalogue, no. 24
The Nezu Institute of Fine Arts, Tokyo, 2004, The Colors and Forms of Song and Yuan China, Catalogue, no. 70
Los Angeles Museum of Art, 1990/91
The Shoto Museum of Art, Shibuya, Japan, 1991, Chinese Lacquerware, Catalogue, no. 19
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1993, 2000 Years of Chinese Lacquer, Catalogue, no. 24
The Nezu Institute of Fine Arts, Tokyo, 2004, The Colors and Forms of Song and Yuan China, Catalogue, no. 70