Lot Essay
Two very similar rectangular boxes and covers with the same "rhinoceros skin" pattern although of the Qing dynasty, are illustrated in Chinese Lacquer in the Palace Museum, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China, 1981, pl.85, 86 and 87 ; another one of circular shape but dated from the Ming dynasty is illustrated in Wang Shixiang, Ancient Chinese Lacquerware, Foreign Languages Press, Beijing 1987, p.99, pl.69
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