A CARVED BLACK AND RED LACQUER SQUARE "BIRDS" TRAY
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A CARVED BLACK AND RED LACQUER SQUARE "BIRDS" TRAY

CHINA, MING DYNASTY (1368-1644)

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A CARVED BLACK AND RED LACQUER SQUARE "BIRDS" TRAY
CHINA, MING DYNASTY (1368-1644)
With indented corners, the interior carved with two birds in flight amidst a flowering peach branch bearing six peaches of different sizes, the exterior carved with leafy camellia branches
9 1/8 in. (23.2 cm.) wide
Provenance
Klaus F. Naumann, Tokyo, 1992.
The Irving Collection, no. 3826.

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