Lot Essay
Sir Harry Garner, Chinese Lacquer, illustrates two similar boxes, one with lychee in the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, Stockholm, fig.64, the other with prunus and birds in the British Museum, fig.65
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TWO MING CINNIBAR LACQUER BOXES AND COVERS
16TH CENTURY
Each box and cover carved in relief, the first with lychee, flowerheads and wan emblems amidst veined leaves growing on arched stems reserved on a diaper ground, the second with budding and flowering prunus branches reserved on a similar ground, both with black-lacquered flanged interiors (age cracks and minor surface chips, some restoration)
the first 3 1/4in. (8.2cm.) diam. (2)
16TH CENTURY
Each box and cover carved in relief, the first with lychee, flowerheads and wan emblems amidst veined leaves growing on arched stems reserved on a diaper ground, the second with budding and flowering prunus branches reserved on a similar ground, both with black-lacquered flanged interiors (age cracks and minor surface chips, some restoration)
the first 3 1/4in. (8.2cm.) diam. (2)