A TWO-TIER MOTHER-OF-PEARL-INLAID BLACK LACQUER BOX AND COVER
MING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY
Of six-sided form, inlaid on the cover with a scene of a scholarly procession, and with other scholars playing weiqi and inspecting an unfurled scroll, the sides inlaid with quadrilobed reserves of scholars and attendants at various pursuits reserved on diaper grounds
13 in. (33 cm.) high
A TWO-TIER MOTHER-OF-PEARL-INLAID BLACK LACQUER BOX AND COVER
MING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY
Of six-sided form, inlaid on the cover with a scene of a scholarly procession, and with other scholars playing weiqi and inspecting an unfurled scroll, the sides inlaid with quadrilobed reserves of scholars and attendants at various pursuits reserved on diaper grounds
13 in. (33 cm.) high
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