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A CARVED CINNABAR LACQUER ‘PEONY’ BRUSH AND COVER
Lot 2983

A CARVED CINNABAR LACQUER ‘PEONY’ BRUSH AND COVER

MING DYNASTY, 15TH CENTURY

Closed3 December 2021

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HKD 125,000

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A CARVED CINNABAR LACQUER ‘PEONY’ BRUSH AND COVER
MING DYNASTY, 15TH CENTURY
The brush handle and cover are finely carved through layers of cinnabar lacquer with peony blossoms amidst a profusion of leaves, bordered by a band of key-frets at the end of the cover and mouth of the brush.
10 in. (25.4 cm.) long, box

Specialist note

Compare with a nearly identical ‘peony’ brush and cover dated to the Xuande period in the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, The Four Treasures of the Study – Inksticks and Writing Brushes, Hong Kong, 2005, p. 135, no. 116.