A LARGE RYUKYU ISLANDS LACQUER BOX AND COVER , the long rectangular box decorated on the cover with a large recessed panel of a Chinese court procession and pavilion in a hilly landscape, all in red, green and gold lacquer on a cinnabar ground, the panel framed by a cinnabar raised border flanking four further recessed and shaped panels of lacquered woven rattan, all four sides decorated with matching rattan and cinnabar panels, the interior lacquered with red lotus, green leaves and gold birds on a black lacquer ground, the underside of the lid lacquered black, the underside of the box red lacquer (cracks and old losses, some restoration), Ryukyu Islands, 17th Century | Christie's

Lot 271

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A LARGE RYUKYU ISLANDS LACQUER BOX AND COVER , the long rectangular box decorated on the cover with a large recessed panel of a Chinese court procession and pavilion in a hilly landscape, all in red, green and gold lacquer on a cinnabar ground, the panel framed by a cinnabar raised border flanking four further recessed and shaped panels of lacquered woven rattan, all four sides decorated with matching rattan and cinnabar panels, the interior lacquered with red lotus, green leaves and gold birds on a black lacquer ground, the underside of the lid lacquered black, the underside of the box red lacquer (cracks and old losses, some restoration), Ryukyu Islands, 17th Century

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A LARGE RYUKYU ISLANDS LACQUER BOX AND COVER , the long rectangular box decorated on the cover with a large recessed panel of a Chinese court procession and pavilion in a hilly landscape, all in red, green and gold lacquer on a cinnabar ground, the panel framed by a cinnabar raised border flanking four further recessed and shaped panels of lacquered woven rattan, all four sides decorated with matching rattan and cinnabar panels, the interior lacquered with red lotus, green leaves and gold birds on a black lacquer ground, the underside of the lid lacquered black, the underside of the box red lacquer (cracks and old losses, some restoration), Ryukyu Islands, 17th Century
74.3 x 31.6 x 13.1cm.

Lot Essay

Boxes of red lacquer and with recessed rattan panels are illustrated in Tokugawa Yoshinobu, Ryukyu shikkogei 'Lacquer wares from the Ryukyu Islands', Tokyo, 1982

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