A RARE EARLY MING CARVED CINNABAR LACQUER DISH

细节

A RARE EARLY MING CARVED CINNABAR LACQUER DISH
MING DYNASTY, 14TH/15TH CENTURY

The shallow circular dish well carved in deep relief with a leafy peony branch bearing two blossoms with loosely open petals and two buds, the exterior with a classic scroll border and the base covered in black lacquer
6 3/4 in. (17.1 cm.) diam., Japanese wood box

来源

The Yamanouchi Family Collection, Kyoto Bijutsu Club auction catalogue, 18-20 January 1935, lot 149

拍品专文

This dish belongs to a group of early Ming lacquer dishes and circular boxes carved with peonies in full and partial bloom. The present dish is unusual in that it gives prominence to the two central blossoms, whereas in most cases, three or five flowers are the standard.

For examples of larger dishes with related design of peonies, cf. the dish from the Percival David Foundation, included in the International Exhibition of Chinese Art, Burlington House, London, 1935/6, illustrated in the Catalogue, no. 102; one from the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in Zhongguo Qiqi Quanji, 1995, pl. 44; and the Xuande-marked dish sold in these Rooms, 2 November 1999, lot 760. A closely related box and cover of similar size to the present lot, and carved with three peonies, was sold in these Rooms, 29 April 2001, lot 644.