Lot Essay
Carved lacquer vases are quite rare and no other vase of this unusual design appears to have been published.
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Details
A VERY RARE CARVED CINNABAR LACQUER BOTTLE VASE
QING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY
The globular body finely carved with four shaped cartouches variously depicted with scholars and their assistants in landscape settings, divided by lotus sprays surrounded by curly leaves, extending up the cylindrical neck
9 3/8 in. (23.8 cm.) high, Japanese wood box
QING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY
The globular body finely carved with four shaped cartouches variously depicted with scholars and their assistants in landscape settings, divided by lotus sprays surrounded by curly leaves, extending up the cylindrical neck
9 3/8 in. (23.8 cm.) high, Japanese wood box
Provenance
A Japanese collector of teawares, Tokyo