A RARE CARVED BLACK LACQUER DISH

PROPERTY FROM A JAPANESE PRIVATE COLLECTION OF LACQUER

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A RARE CARVED BLACK LACQUER DISH
MING DYNASTY, 16TH/17TH CENTURY

Finely carved through the layers of black lacquer with a double-vajra medallion, encircled by a dense pattern of scrolling lotus flowers below evenly spaced Eight Buddhist Emblems, bajixiang, each trailing ribbons to the sides, the cavetto carved with ruyi-heads alternating with floral blossoms, the reverse with a band of composite flowers, the base applied with a red lacquer, age cracks
6 3/4 in. (17 cm.) diam., Japanese wood box

Lot Essay

Lacquer wares with this pattern are extremely rare and no other dish of this design appears to be recorded.

The carved decoration can best be compared to that on the cover a 15th century box in the Seattle Art Museum, Washington, illustrated by Sir Harry Garner, Chinese Lacquer, London, 1979, no. 39.

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