A MOTHER-OF-PEARL INLAID BLACK LACQUER TRAY

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A MOTHER-OF-PEARL INLAID BLACK LACQUER TRAY
MING DYNASTY, MID-16TH CENTURY

Of narrow rectangular section, the interior decorated in iridescent mother-of-pearl, with two ladies, a servant and a deer within a balustraded garden in front of a pavilion shaded by a pine tree, the flaring sides with six cartouches enclosing birds perched on flowering branches, all against a ground of florets, the exterior with a composite floral scroll and the base lacquered black, age cracks, minor losses
15 7/16 in. (39.2 cm.) long, box

拍品專文

The subject-matter and the style of decoration of the present lot compare closely with those on a group of dishes dated from the middle of the 15th century to the end of the 16th century. Although these dishes, as well as the present tray, retain 15th-century characteristics in the floral border, the pictorial designs correspond closely to the woodblock prints of the Wanli era. Compare the present lot to a floral-rim dish included in the Metropolitan Museum of Art exhibition East Asian Lacquer: The Florence and Herbert Irving Collection, New York, 1991, illustrated in the Catalogue, no. 60.