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YUAN-MING DYNASTY（1279-1644）
Details
A MOTHER-OF-PEARL INLAIND LACQUER STATIONERY BOX AND COVER
YUAN-MING DYNASTY(1279-1644)
The rectangular cover is finely inlaid with iridescent mother-of-pearl depicting a scene of scholars in a garden with pavilions, each side of the box and cover are decorated with cartouche enclosing floral sprays against a diaper-ground, the base of the box is decorated with two birds perching on a blossoming prunus branch, accompanied by a later added fitted lacquer tray with an ink stone and a water dropper.
7 ½ x 10 ½ in. (19 x 26.7 cm.) , Japanese wood box (3)
YUAN-MING DYNASTY(1279-1644)
The rectangular cover is finely inlaid with iridescent mother-of-pearl depicting a scene of scholars in a garden with pavilions, each side of the box and cover are decorated with cartouche enclosing floral sprays against a diaper-ground, the base of the box is decorated with two birds perching on a blossoming prunus branch, accompanied by a later added fitted lacquer tray with an ink stone and a water dropper.
7 ½ x 10 ½ in. (19 x 26.7 cm.) , Japanese wood box (3)
Provenance
Acquired in Osaka in 2012