CHINE, DYNASTIE MING, MARQUE A SIX CARACTERES ET EPOQUE WANLI (1573-1619)

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RARE PLATEAU EN LAQUE TIANQI
CHINE, DYNASTIE MING, MARQUE A SIX CARACTERES ET EPOQUE WANLI (1573-1619)
De forme rectangulaire, les bords légèrement tulipés, à décor laqué rouge, vert et brun (tianqi) et incisé, sur fond noir au centre, d'un perroquet à la crête en panache et une aile déployée, perché sur un rocher entouré de fleurs, les côtés laqués bruns rehaussés de cartouches de fleurs sur fond de motifs géométriques inscrits du caractère wan ; la base laquée noir, portant la marque à six caractères incisés et dorés de l'Empereur Wanli ; boîte en bois ; petit manque de laque à un angle et la base probablement relaquée
Dimensions: 40,7 cm. x 28,5 cm. (16 x 11¼ in.)

Provenance

Manno Museum, Osaka

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A RARE TIANQI-DECORATED LACQUER RECTANGULAR TRAY
CHINA, MING DYNASTY, INCISED WANLI SIX-CHARACTER MARK AND OF THE PERIOD (1573-1619)

Lot Essay

The decorative technique involved is known as tianqi (filled-in) where different lacquers colours had been applied to enhance details and contrast against the coloured ground.
Both the parrot design and the black background are unusual ; for examples of tianqi lacquers from the Wanli period see James C.Y. Watt and B. Brennan Ford, East Asian Lacquer, The Florence and Herbert Irving Collection, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 1991, pl.51, 52 and 53

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