A CARVED CINNABAR LACQUER RECTANGULAR BOX AND COVER

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A CARVED CINNABAR LACQUER RECTANGULAR BOX AND COVER
MING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY

The flattened surface of the cover crisply carved with a pair of long-tailed birds perched on branches of flowering and budding prunus growing beside camellia blossoms, the decoration extending down the shallow sides to the key-fret rim border, the sides of the box with further prunus and camellia sprays, all against a cell-pattern diaper ground, the interior and base with black lacquer (cracks and losses repaired)
9 1/8 in. (23.2 cm.) wide, box

Lot Essay

Cf. a late Ming lacquer box with comparable design of birds and flowers arranged in a very similar manner to the present lot, illustrated in Zhongguo Qiqi Quanji, vol. 5, 1995, pl. 159. Another box with a figural scene on the cover but with very similar floral branches on the side is also illustrated ibid., pl. 160.

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