17TH CENTURY

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A RARE INLAID ZITAN BOX AND COVER
17TH CENTURY
The box is of rectangular shape. The top is inlaid with mother-of-pearl, malachite, agate and wood depicting two recumbent buffaloes beside lingzhi and rocks and below a sun hidden by clouds. The base is inset with a mother-of-pearl square tablet with the character bing.
5 1/8 in. (13 cm.) wide

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Lot Essay

See a similar inlaid Zitan box published in, Bamboo, Wood, Ivory and Rhinoceros Horn Carvings, The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, The Commercial Press, Hong Kong, 2002, p. 283, no. 228.

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