A SMALL MOTHER-OF-PEARL INLAID BLACK LACQUER BOX AND COVER

SCHOLARS' OBJECTS

Details

A SMALL MOTHER-OF-PEARL INLAID BLACK LACQUER BOX AND COVER
18TH CENTURY

The flat top decorated with a dense pattern of a central, leafy lotus spray surrounded by four demi-lotus sprays facing inward from the outer dogtooth border, the sides encircled by continuous bands of lotus scroll, with a single, small chrysanthemum blossom in the center of the base and the interior of the box and cover (minor loss of inlay)
2¼in. (5.6cm.) diam.

Provenance

C. T. Loo, January, 1952
Stephen Junkunc, III

Lot Essay

For a small circular cosmetic box with similarly delicate mother-of- pearl inlay, see Sidney L. Moss, The Literati Mode: Chinese Scholar Paintings, Calligraphy and Desk Objects, London, 1986, p. 278, no. 138