Lot Essay
Compare the smaller box inscribed with a Xuande four-character mark from the Carl Kempe Collection, included in the exhibition, Chinesesische Lackarbeiten, Linden Museum, Stuttgart, 1988, Catalogue, no. 36, together with a similar Yongle-marked example.
A smaller unmarked version from the Percival David Collection was included in the Oriental Ceramic Society exhibition, 'The Arts of the Ming Dynasty', Catalogue, no. 230. Garner, Chinese Lacquer, fig. 32, illustrates a comparable 15th Century box carved with camellia from the Victoria and Albert Museum.
(US$22,000-26,000)
A smaller unmarked version from the Percival David Collection was included in the Oriental Ceramic Society exhibition, 'The Arts of the Ming Dynasty', Catalogue, no. 230. Garner, Chinese Lacquer, fig. 32, illustrates a comparable 15th Century box carved with camellia from the Victoria and Albert Museum.
(US$22,000-26,000)