Lot Essay
A similar shaped dish but of different pattern is illustrated in R. Krahl and B. Morgan, From Innovation to Conformity, Chinese Lacquer from the 13th to 16th centuries, Bluett & Sons (ed.), London June 1989, p.50, pl.16, while a very similar hunting scene is carved on a circular box illustrated in Carved Lacquer in the Collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing 1984, fig.263