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MING DYNASTY, 16TH-17TH CENTURY
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A RARE EMBELLISHED ZITAN CIRCULAR ‘CRICKET BOX’ AND COVER BY ZHOU ZHU
MING DYNASTY, 16TH-17TH CENTURY
The top surface of the fitted cover is inlaid with an exquisitely depicted pair of confronting crickets above chrysanthemum branches in different materials including painted bone, mother-ofpearl, malachite, agate and amber, below an inscription in silver followed by a square maker’s mark reading Zhou Zhu. The center is pierced in coin-form and surmounted by a circular reticulated dragon-form finial in tinted bone, all surrounded by a raised border and lipped rim. The box is set with a qiyang stone base.
7 ½ in. (19 cm.) diam.
MING DYNASTY, 16TH-17TH CENTURY
The top surface of the fitted cover is inlaid with an exquisitely depicted pair of confronting crickets above chrysanthemum branches in different materials including painted bone, mother-ofpearl, malachite, agate and amber, below an inscription in silver followed by a square maker’s mark reading Zhou Zhu. The center is pierced in coin-form and surmounted by a circular reticulated dragon-form finial in tinted bone, all surrounded by a raised border and lipped rim. The box is set with a qiyang stone base.
7 ½ in. (19 cm.) diam.
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