A FINELY CARVED LACQUER CIRCULAR BOX AND COVER
A FINELY CARVED LACQUER CIRCULAR BOX AND COVER
A FINELY CARVED LACQUER CIRCULAR BOX AND COVER
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A FINELY CARVED LACQUER CIRCULAR BOX AND COVER
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A FINELY CARVED LACQUER CIRCULAR BOX AND COVER

MING DYNASTY, 16TH CENTURY

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A FINELY CARVED LACQUER CIRCULAR BOX AND COVER
MING DYNASTY, 16TH CENTURY
3 ¾ in. (9.5 cm.) diam., Japanese wood box
Provenance
Christie’s Hong Kong, 26 April 2004, lot 1101.

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Lot Essay


A Ming dynasty, 16th-17th century red lacquer box and cover decorated with Budai holding a lingzhi sprig and carrying a hoe, in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, is illustrated in Carving the Subtle Radiance of Colors: Treasured Lacquerware in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, 2008, p. 91, no. 82.

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